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The Favourite Game
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The Breavmans founded and presided over most of the institutions which make the Montreal Jewish community one of the most powerful in the world today.The joke around the city is: The Jews are the…

Contributor:

Leonard Cohen

Places:

Hydra, Greece

Date:

1963

Subjects:

Diaspora, Christian-Jewish relations, Assimilation, Community, Sex

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
How Does a Newspaper Survive?
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In order to survive, a newspaper needs numerous subscribers, the help of the community, paid publications, the aid of the friends of education, the generosity of the nation, and the support of the…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1877

Subjects:

Scholarship, Economic life, Ladino, Community, Sephardic

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
Lament on the Fire of Salonika
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And yet she was the jewel of perfection to all far and near Who had not seen such splendor, all who came from north and south From all lands and gathered there, the distinguished Who were drawn to…

Contributor:

Benjamin ha-Levi Ashkenazi

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1545

Subjects:

Cities, Poetry, Community, Memory, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry