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Sefer yuḥasin (Book of Genealogies)
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Thus said Abraham the son of Samuel the son of Abraham Zacuto, may his memory be for the world to come. [ . . . ] [T]o bring merit upon myself and others, I was motivated to write this…

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Abraham Zacuto

Places:

Salamanca, Spanish Empire (Salamanca, Spain)
Beja, Portuguese Empire (Beja, Portugal)
Tunis, Hafsid Ifriqiya (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

ca. 1505

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Monarchy, Exile, Plague, Conversos

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Introduction to Translation of Avraham Mapu’s The Hypocrite into Judeo-Arabic
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In the early days of November 1942 (on November 14th) the German army conquered Tunisia with the aim of repelling the Allied Armies (the English and American) in Morocco, Algeria, and western Tunisia…

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Isaac ben Jacob Mamo

Places:

Nabeul, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia)

Date:

1942–1943

Subjects:

War, Cities, Nazis, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, History, Historical Writing, Memoirs & Diaries