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In the Grip of Cross-Currents
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Now that the cup of poison is broken, there is no way out but to drink the cup of sorrows. . . . My affirmation of life demanded that I should dedicate all the powers…

Contributor:

Ephraim Lisitzky

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Date:

1949

Subjects:

Language & linguistics, Community, Education, Israel/Israelis

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
Letter about the Travels of Abraham Rovigo
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Abraham Rovigo (1650–1713) was born in Modena and studied kabbalah under Moses Zacuto in Venice. Rovigo’s wealth enabled him to devote himself to study and to support pious endeavors. Swept up by…

Contributor:

Mordechai de Lattes

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1702

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Travel, Plague, Community, Israel-Diaspora relations, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Letters