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A History of the Jews of Turkey and the Orient
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1. In the year 5121 (1361 CE), Sultan Murad I conquered the great city of Adrianople—called Edirne by the Turks and Endirne by the Jews…

Contributor:

Salomon Rosanes

Places:

Sofia, Ottoman Empire (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Rabbis, Nationalism

Categories:

Historical writing
The Jews in Chile
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Sinyor Moshe Weinstein, who has recently returned from Chile, a free republic in South America, relates upsetting things about the Jews of this country. The number of Jews residing in Chile barely…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Diaspora, Jewish identity, Humor, Interfaith relations, Zionism

Categories:

Humor & Satire
Jewish Women and Zionism
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When history recounts the life and fortune of the peoples who lived in various epochs, when it lets us believe in the marvelous strides that they had made, whether in the field of war, or for…

Contributor:

Klara

Places:

Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Activism, Women, Human rights, Diaspora, Jewish identity, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture
Purim Eve, a One-Act Comedy
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Cast [in this passage]Abraham Levi: Rich merchantAneta: Abraham Levi’s wifeMax, Yosef, and Aron: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s sonsFrida and Klerchen: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s daughtersShmuel Natan: Zionis…

Contributor:

Mordechai Monassowitz, Nissim Catalan

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Bulgaria, Bulgaria)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Assimilation, Purim, Holidays, Performing arts

Categories:

Performing Arts, Theater/Drama