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Notisias dos Judeos de Cochim (Report on the Jews of Cochin)
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Moved by the fraternal love nourished in my…

Contributor:

Moses Pereyra de Paiva

Places:

Cochin, Cochin (Ernakulam, India)

Date:

1687

Subjects:

Travel, Community, Synagogue, Communal organizations, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
Grammatica Hebraica (Hebrew Grammar)
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Part One, in which are shown all the rules necessary for understanding language, how to compose and write therein prose and verse, with the appropriate elegance and measure. To the Reader: Although I…

Contributor:

Moses Gideon Abudiente

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1633

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Writing

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Print & book culture, Reference works
Bom Retiro, or The Childhood Neighborhood
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Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, the so-called “Days of Awe” arrived. There was no Jew in all of Bom Retiro who, God forbid, would ever think of not observing them. Any endeavor, no matter how important…

Contributor:

Eliezer Levin

Places:

São Paulo, Brazil

Date:

1972

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Class, Writing, Labor, Community

Categories:

Fiction