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Me‘am lo‘ez (From a People of Foreign Tongue): On Genesis
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The Book of Me‘am lo‘ez is the explication of the entire Hebrew Bible in Ladino, explaining the way of life which a person must lead as the sacred law commanded, and also to know about all that…

Contributor:

Jacob Huli

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1730

Subjects:

Oral Torah, Jewish languages, Writing

Categories:

Print & book culture
Printed page of Hebrew text framed by arch with columns of garlands and a border of Hebrew text.
The Death of Moses
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The object of this publication, an Ethiopian text, is taken from a book of Falasha prayers which I acquired from Dabtarà Bàrok, a Jewish man of letters, in Adenkato. It contains the…

Contributor:

Jacques Faïtlovitch

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Mourning, Bible

Categories:

Print & book culture, Theology
Page with French and Arabic text.
The Way to a Man’s Heart ("The Settlement" Cook Book)
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    To Build a Fire Measuring Scalloped Apples Coffee Setting the Table Washing Dishes

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Lizzie Black Kander

Places:

Milwaukee, United States of America

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Food and drink, Women, Gender, Family

Categories:

Food & drink, Print & book culture
Printed page with English title and image of figure in robe playing flute instrument at the top left.
Shulamis
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CharactersMaenoyakh, an old citizen of BethlehemShulamis, his daughterAvisholom, a young hero descended from the Maccabees.Fourth SceneAvisholom I shall not leave here until I have restedJerusalem is…

Contributor:

Abraham Goldfaden

Places:

Iasi, Kingdom of Romania (Iasi, Romania)
Briarcliff Manor, United States of America

Date:

1881

Subjects:

Women, Zionism, Ashkenazi, Israel-Diaspora relations

Categories:

Performing Arts, Theater/Drama, Print & book culture
Sheet music with English and Yiddish lyrics.
A Grammar of the Hebrew Tongue
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Contributor:

Judah Monis

Places:

Boston, Great Britain (Boston, United States of America)

Date:

1735

Subjects:

Print, Education, Jewish languages, Conversion

Categories:

Print & book culture, Pedagogy & Schooling
Printed page with English and two Hebrew sentences near top and bottom of page.