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The Jewish community of Syria dates back to biblical times. After 1492, the original community was augmented by refugees from Spain and Portugal. The centers of Syrian Jewish life were in the cities…
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Unknown
Places:
Aleppo, Ottoman Empire (Aleppo, Syria)
Date:
ca. 1710
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In this engraving from a Dutch translation of Leone Modena’s Historia de’ riti Ebraici (History of the Jewish Rites), a Jewish wedding in Amsterdam is pictured. Groom and bride stand under the huppah…
Contributor:
Jan Luyken
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1683