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Gentlemen, having received incorrect information in the last column of the previous issue, we reported that the discords in our community had been settled. We also promised to give a detailed account…
Contributor:
Rafael Uziel
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1846
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It was a winter day. The streets of Vienna were dirty and shrouded with the mud of the snows that were falling, only to be melted immediately under the feet of the passersby. A dense and heavy smoke…
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B. ha-Kohen
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Ottoman Empire (Türkiye, Turkey)
Date:
1910
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Along the quay, near the White Tower, there is a café where two young Jewish girls from Salonica sing every day, including Shabbat. In truth we do not find their behavior as low as that of other young…
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Yeremiah (El Yoron)
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1900
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Dear Vara of my soul,
Wherever it may be, I am always hit in the face by a pet peeve, some vexation and angst, due to the misbehavior of certain of our women who still do not know whether they are in…
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Moise B. Soulam
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1928
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My feet walk the streets of this blessed city,
Only yesterday full of faithful adherents of Sinai.
My eyes do not have the courage to look up.
The bitterness of my soul is great, O Holy God!
I…
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Yehuda Haim Aaron HaCohen Perahia
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Salonika, Macedonia (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1943
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The houses and rooms of the inhabitants of this most famous city are one or the other of two extremes: the good ones are sumptuous houses at the height of perfection and…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1567
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Twelve-year old Ivan Demitrov, a fourth-grade student in the Bulgarian school, was scolded by his Bulgarian teacher for not sitting still in school on Friday, the tenth of this month. After playing in…
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Joseph Barishac
Places:
Edirne, Ottoman Empire (Edirne, Turkey)
Date:
1912