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Portrait of a Jew
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I was born in Tunisia, in Tunis, a few steps from that city’s large ghetto. My father, a harness maker, was somewhat pious, naturally somewhat so, as were all men of his trade and his station in life…

Contributor:

Albert Memmi

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1962

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, Arab-Jewish relations, War, Colonialism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, History, Historical Writing, (Auto)biography
The Current Situation in Jerusalem
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At present there are approximately three hundred homeowners, and almost twelve hundred people, in Jerusalem, may it be rebuilt and reestablished. This about the situation you will find at any point in…

Contributor:

Raphael Mordechai Malki

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 17th Century

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Cities, Economic life, Israel-Diaspora relations, Arab-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Firsthand Accounts
Hashlamat sefer ha-kabbalah (Additions to the Book of Tradition)
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I will describe only a little of the suffering undergone by the exiles, some of whom entered the kingdom of Fez by the grace of the great king, one of the righteous men of the nations of the world…

Contributor:

Abraham Ardutiel

Places:

Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)

Date:

1510

Subjects:

Exile, Arab-Jewish relations, Plague, Hunger, Conversos

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts