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Title Page of the Register of a Jewish Midwife
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This detailed bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish register kept by Roza, a Jewish midwife in the Jewish community of the Dutch city of Groningen in the years from 1794 to 1832, provides basic information about…

Contributor:

Roza

Places:

Groningen, Dutch Republic (Groningen, Netherlands)

Date:

1794

Subjects:

Life cycle, Birth, Women, Profession, Health

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Firsthand Accounts
Manuscript page with two columns of writing in Yiddish and Hebrew and a decorated border.
Algemeyne yidishe tsaytung Classified Ad for a Missing Suitcase
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My travel bag was lost somewhere between Szerencs and Nyíregyháza. It contained: a tallis, two pairs of tefillin, together with a Yeshuas Yisroel prayer book. There were also two High…

Contributor:

Lipót Burkos

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1915

Subjects:

Ritual object, Dress, Hasidism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Advertisements, Firsthand Accounts