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My Way to Palestine
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Whatever happened to me on that day seemed to urge me to muster up all my courage and hope. When the ship approached the harbor of Jaffa, many people were there to meet us…

Contributor:

Berl Katznelson

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Zionism, Migration, Cities, Community, Arab-Jewish relations, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Reportage
Sefer ha-masa‘ (Book of the Journey)
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Let us return to our first matter, because these two territories, which we discussed, Masterdam [Amsterdam] and Igeltiera [England], in all of them they follow the Sephardic rite from the tribe of…

Contributor:

Sasson Ḥay Castiel

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

ca. 1700

Subjects:

Travel, Cities, Sephardic, Prostitution, Arab-Jewish relations, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
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:

Firsthand accounts