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Jews first settled in Kaifeng, the capital of Henan province in central China, before 1127. According to scholars, they had come from India or Persia, spoke Persian, and worked as cotton dyers and…
Contributor:
Jean Domenge
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Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)
Date:
1722
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The Book of Esther recounts the story of the rescue of the Jews of Persia from the machinations of the evil vizier Haman, who sought to annihilate them. Thanks to the bravery and cleverness of the…
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Joseph Zvi Geiger
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Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1893
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When the company owned by Jacob Abraham Jesurun (1806–1875) obtained a contract for mail delivery within the Caribbean in 1867, it had its own stamps printed featuring the firm’s initials, J. A. J. &…
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Jacob Abraham Jesurun
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Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)
Date:
1861
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By the time this sea pilot’s map of Suriname was created in 1680, there was a well-established Jewish community there. In the 1660s, Jewish communities arose on the Caribbean islands of Martinique…
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Hendrik Doncker
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1688