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I traveled from Odessa by boat for eleven days until we arrived in Jaffa—this was the path taken by the Russian company’s ships. However, this was not the true length of the journey, which was in fact…
Contributor:
Mordechai ben Hillel ha-Kohen
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1890
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The River Jordan runs through the valley and empties into Great Salt Lake. The city is thirty miles from the Lake, and the valley is entirely surrounded with high mountains topped with snow, winter…
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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Salt Lake City, United States of America
Date:
1856
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Signs of the new life and of the new “construction” in Trostinets can be discerned, strange as it may sound, in the destruction of the synagogues…
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M. Osherovich
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1933
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This hand-drawn map of Hebron, Israel, is from an autograph manuscript of Melekhet Shelomoh (The Work of Solomon), Solomon Adeni’s commentary on the Mishnah.
Contributor:
Solomon Adeni
Places:
Hebron, Ottoman Empire (Hebron, Palestine)
Date:
ca. 1611