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Masa‘ot erets Yisra’el (Travels in the Land of Israel)
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Safed is in the upper Galilee, in the Naftali region, with the bulk of the city atop the mountain. Surrounding the city’s mountain are some four mountains; on two of them, all the people are…

Contributor:

Moses Basola

Places:

Ancona, Papal States (Ancona, Italy)

Date:

1521–1523

Subjects:

Travel, Cities, Economic life, Synagogue, Israel/Israelis, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
Notisias dos Judeos de Cochim (Report on the Jews of Cochin)
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Moved by the fraternal love nourished in my…

Contributor:

Moses Pereyra de Paiva

Places:

Cochin, Cochin (Ernakulam, India)

Date:

1687

Subjects:

Travel, Community, Synagogue, Communal organizations, Writing, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage