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Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran. He came upon a certain place and stopped there for the night, for the sun had set. Taking one of…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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The Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
I will make of you a great nation,
And I will bless you;
I will make your name…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Not here in our London Ghetto the gates and gaberdines of the olden Ghetto of the Eternal City; yet no lack of signs external by which one may know it, and those who dwell therein. Its narrow…
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Israel Zangwill
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London, United Kingdom
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1892
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Edwin Levick
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1907
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On page 101, reference is made to the history of the Jews in this State. Since that part of the work was printed, M. M. Noah, Esquire, of New-York, has kindly favoured us with the following additional…
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Mordecai Manuel Noah
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New York City, United States of America
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1849
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The Synagogue Mejor is a synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, built in the late fifteenth century by Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after being expelled from Majorca. Its name “Mejor” commemorates the…
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Artist Unknown
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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Early 16th Century
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The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: The Israelites shall camp each with his standard, under the banners of their ancestral house; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance.
Ca…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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“Is the Bene-Israel in India a pure Jew by descent” is the question often asked and discussed. There has been considerable literature on the subject especially by aliens, even such as can claim little…
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Jacob Bapuji Israel
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Bombay, British India (Mumbai, India)
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1918
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The situation in Argentina is crying for change. If we don’t want the Jewish colonists to vanish into anonymous misery and oppression; if we don’t want the colonies…
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Leon Chasanowitch
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Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
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1910
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What the Zionist Organization has to aim at is to lay down in Palestine as soon as possible a populous and thriving agrarian foundation, in order to build up…
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Franz Oppenheimer
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New York, United States of America
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1914