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Letter to Modena
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 From the rabbis and geonim of the holy city of Safed, may it be speedily rebuilt in our days, sent to Modena, may God protect it, in 5370 [1610]He shall be called a holy man [see Isaiah 4:3]; the…

Contributor:

The Rabbis of Safed

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1610

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Israel-Diaspora relations, Charity, Finance, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Turkish Music in the Synagogue: Objections of a Rabbi
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Palestine (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1881–1890

Subjects:

Adolescence, Holidays, Synagogue, Prayer, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Religion & Theology
At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for Hope with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land
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In early winter 1998, I set out to discover my country, the Holy Land. My pilgrimage was an attempt at religious empathy: I was hoping to encounter, as an Israeli Jew, my Christian and Muslim…

Contributor:

Yossi Klein Halevi

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

2001

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Interfaith relations, Aliyah, Christian-Jewish relations, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Firsthand Accounts