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It is you, modern girls, whom I address. The modern spirit has completely changed your natures. If the sages of old, who spoke so much about the wonderful strength of woman as opposed to man, found…
Contributor:
Reina ha-Kohen
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1898
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Along the quay, near the White Tower, there is a café where two young Jewish girls from Salonica sing every day, including Shabbat. In truth we do not find their behavior as low as that of other young…
Contributor:
Yeremiah (El Yoron)
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1900
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What are the demands of the organized proletariat on this day [May 1]?
Above all the eight-hour workday. With eight-hour days we would gain work for thousands of unemployed men; we would gain time to…
Contributor:
Abraham Benaroya
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1911
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…
Contributor:
Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
Places:
Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1890