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Letter from Jerusalem
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Now I shall come to fulfill your desire by writing to you at length about the customs of the residents of the land of Israel; for although I also wrote to you by way of the pilgrims, and I sent them…

Contributor:

Israel of Perugia

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1517–1523

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Jewish identity, Sephardi, Ashkenazi, Israel-Diaspora relations

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Letters
Letter to Rome
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Behold, from the time of our settlement in the city that the Lord has chosen, which He had desired for His habitation (Psalms 132:13), we heard your voice and obeyed, for you stand in the breach…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1521

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Scholarship, Rabbis, Israel-Diaspora relations, War

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Letters