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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

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Firsthand accounts
Jewish Military Service
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an earlier…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Military, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Education, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Reportage
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…

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The Rabbis of Safed

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1610

Subjects:

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

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters