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Portrait of a Jew
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I was born in Tunisia, in Tunis, a few steps from that city’s large ghetto. My father, a harness maker, was somewhat pious, naturally somewhat so, as were all men of his trade and his station in life…

Contributor:

Albert Memmi

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1962

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, Arab-Jewish relations, War, Colonialism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, History, Historical Writing, (Auto)biography
The Coveted City: Salonika
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The city modernizes more and more. One hardly sees those baggy, dark, unsightly breeches of old, the ones that Muslims, Christians, and poor Jews still wore in the middle of the last century. Until…

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Joseph Nehama

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Cities, Dress, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, Class

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, History, Historical Writing
A History of the Jews of Turkey and the Orient
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1. In the year 5121 (1361 CE), Sultan Murad I conquered the great city of Adrianople—called Edirne by the Turks and Endirne by the Jews…

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Salomon Rosanes

Places:

Sofia, Ottoman Empire (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Rabbis, Nationalism

Categories:

History, Religion & Theology, Historical Writing