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On the Discords among the Jews of Izmir
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Gentlemen, having received incorrect information in the last column of the previous issue, we reported that the discords in our community had been settled. We also promised to give a detailed account…

Contributor:

Rafael Uziel

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

1846

Subjects:

Cities, Community, Sephardic, Ecology, Piety

Categories:

Political Culture, History, Historical Writing, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
Discorso circa il stato de gl’Hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell’inclita Citta di Venetia (Discourse on the Condition of the Jews, and in Particular Those Living in the Illustrious City of Venice): On the Jewish Population
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As for the number of the Jews, one cannot precisely determine it, not even having firm knowledge of the places in which they dwell. Regarding the ten tribes that were captured by…

Contributor:

Simone Luzzatto

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

Cities, Diaspora, Christian-Jewish relations, Government

Categories:

History, Political Culture
Discorso circa il stato de gl’Hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell’inclita Città di Venetia (Discourse Concerning the Condition of the Jews, and in Particular Those Living in the Illustrious City of Venice): On Jewish Commerce
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The Hebrews have been taught and instructed more than any other nation in the school of hardship under the rigorous discipline of that necessity, because they are deprived of real estate, forbidden…

Contributor:

Simone Luzzatto

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

Cities, Economic life, Travel, Community, Antisemitism

Categories:

History, Political Culture, Reportage
Attempt to Explain a Mellah
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September 7, 1912. The French enter Marrakesh. Marching through the Djema el Fna Square, surrounded by his general staff, Colonel Mangin is surprised to hear, amid the discordant noises of the crowd…

Contributor:

José Bénech

Places:

Marrakesh, French Protectorate in Morocco (Morocco)

Date:

1940

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Health, Cities, Community, Arab-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Political Culture