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Our Distant Brothers: Letters from Tunis
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Tunis, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar 5648When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they commit falsehood; and the thief enters in, and the troop of…

Contributor:

Shalom Flāḥ

Places:

Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Education, Assimilation, Jewish identity, Adolescence

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Reportage
A Blood Libel in Stanimaka
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Twelve-year old Ivan Demitrov, a fourth-grade student in the Bulgarian school, was scolded by his Bulgarian teacher for not sitting still in school on Friday, the tenth of this month. After playing in…

Contributor:

Joseph Barishac

Places:

Edirne, Ottoman Empire (Edirne, Turkey)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Cities, Antisemitism, Family, Blood libel

Categories:

Reportage, Journalism
Among Our Distant Brethren
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(Continued from issue 76 [of Ha-Tsefira])The commandment of hospitality is well-developed in our city, and particularly in the mellah. But emissaries from the kollelim in the “Four Lands” stay with…

Contributor:

Isaac Ibn Ya‘ish

Places:

Essouira, French Protectorate in Morocco (Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco)

Date:

1891

Subjects:

Cities, Jewish quarters, Education, Jewish identity, Community

Categories:

Reportage, Journalism