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Excerpts from the Minute Book of a Psalms Society in the Russian Army
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This minute-book belongs to the members of the Psalms-Society formed here, at Aleksat, of the honorable Jews serving in the army of His Imperial Majesty Alexander, may His glory be exalted, at the…

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Judah Scheindling of Shkudy

Places:

Shkudy, Russian Empire (Skuodas, Lithuania)

Date:

1864–1867

Subjects:

War, Conscription, Communal organizations, Nationalism, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Reference works, Lists & catalogues
Register of a Jewish Midwife
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This is the book of the generations/children of man, those that were born by my hands among the Hebrew women. I came to them, I the midwife, for they are vital [Exodus 1:15–19] and give birth to a son…

Contributor:

Roza

Places:

Groningen, Dutch Republic (Groningen, Netherlands)
Netherlands

Date:

1794–1832

Subjects:

Life cycle, Birth, Women, Profession, Health

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Medicine, Lists & catalogues, Reference works, Science & philosophy
Manuscript page with two columns of writing in Yiddish and Hebrew and a decorated border.
Note of Royalty Who Visited the Sephardic Synagogue of Amsterdam between 1642 and 1781
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the voice of prayer and the voice of song given inthe house of the lord elohei yisraelthe holy congregations of the sepharadimmay the lord comfort usin this great city of amsterdamfrom the day they…

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David Franco Mendes

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1792

Subjects:

Politics, Government, Sephardic, Christian-Jewish relations, Synagogue

Categories:

Political Culture, Memoirs & diaries, Lists & catalogues, Reference works, Firsthand accounts
Page with Hebrew title surrounded by wreath and two cherubs, above middle section with two columns with small pictures and Hebrew text in center, and Hebrew line at bottom of page.
The Earliest Extant Minute Books of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Shearith Israel in New York, 1728–1786
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At a meeting of the Elders and Parnassim this day Mr Heyman Levy paid the fine for refusing serving Parnass Last year, it was at the same time voted by…

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Congregation Shearith Israel of New York

Places:

New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)

Date:

1757–1758

Subjects:

Synagogue, Communal organizations, Sin, Finance

Categories:

Political Culture, Lists & catalogues, Reference works
Inventory of Household Goods of Nathan Levy
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The inventory of the goods belonging to Philadelphia Jewish merchant Nathan Levy includes religious books in Judeo-Spanish, as well as numerous secular classical books and musical instruments

Contributor:

Nathan Levy

Places:

Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies (Philadelphia, United States of America)

Date:

1753

Subjects:

Life cycle, Libraries, Colonialism, Economic life

Categories:

Lists & catalogues, Household objects, Reference works
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