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Jill Nathanson
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2005
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As for the number of the Jews, one cannot precisely determine it, not even having firm knowledge of the places in which they dwell. Regarding the ten tribes that were captured by…
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Simone Luzzatto
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1638
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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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Sultan Mehmed began his reign in the year 856, according to their count [1452 CE]. The king ordered the building of sailing ships on the top of the…
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Joseph Sambari
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1673
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In the age of every ruler, old and new, time and again some affliction befell us. But this one was…
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Bābāī ibn Lutf
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Kashan, Safavid Iran (Kashan, Iran)
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First Half of the 17th Century
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Those matters discussed in an earlier issue dedicated to the practice of indolka inspired the distinguished writer to write this fine article.
Everything that I am relating here is neither eloquent…
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Saliman Menahem Mani
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Hebron, Ottoman Palestine (Hebron, West Bank)
Date:
1885
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Three representatives of the Prague Burial Society in the 1730s are pictured in these portraits: Jonas Jeitteles (1735–1806, the community’s official physician), Rabbi Leib Fayvel Dayan (another…
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1733
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Catherine da Costa
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London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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1745
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Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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ca. 1550
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1600