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An Ottoman Jewish Zionist Volunteers for the Greek Army
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Let me be frank: I was there, but as a Zionist. I thought Judaism and Zionism in particular needed to be represented in some way. It was a grand idea, a matter of defending a supreme liberty. Jews…

Contributor:

Joseph Marco Baruch

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Kingdom of Italy (Italy, Italy)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Roman

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
Discorso circa il stato de gl’Hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell’inclita Città di Venetia (Discourse Concerning the Condition of the Jews, and in Particular Those Living in the Illustrious City of Venice): On Jewish Commerce
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The Hebrews have been taught and instructed more than any other nation in the school of hardship under the rigorous discipline of that necessity, because they are deprived of real estate, forbidden…

Contributor:

Simone Luzzatto

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

Cities, Economic life, Travel, Community, Antisemitism

Categories:

History, Political Culture, Reportage
Diario di un viaggio in Terra Santa (Diary of a Journey to the Holy Land): On the Jews of London
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“There are two synagogues of the German Jews, and one of the Portuguese, twenty-four cubits broad and forty-two long. Each one has its own management; thus the income of one is not mixed with that of…

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Moise Vita Cafsuto

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

ca. 1735

Subjects:

Travel, Economic life, Cities, Christian-Jewish relations, Conversion

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage