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Isfahan Synagogue, Persia
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The use of wall niches for Torah scrolls was a feature of some of the earliest synagogues and continues today in Mizrahi communities. This striking faience-tile mosaic structure would have decorated a…

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Artist Unknown

Places:

Isfahan, Safavid Iran (Isfahan, Iran)

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual object, Bible, Mizrahi, Prayer

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Mosaics, Ritual Objects
Faience-tile mosaic of floral designs throughout, two lines of Hebrew text at the top, and three niches at bottom.
A Report on the Community of Isfahan
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In response to questions put by the correspondent of the journal Der Israelit of Mayence to the (Chief) Rabbi of the Jewish community of Isfahan concerning the situation of that community, the (Chief…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Isfahan

Places:

Isfahan, Iran

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Mizrahi, Cities, Muslim-Jewish relations, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
The Condition of the Jews of Western Azerbaijan in the Years 1888–1893
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Written today, the 13th of the month of Adar 5653 (March 1, 1893), and addressed by us, the poor and downtrodden members of the community of Urumia, may God protect it, with a thousand greetings and…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Urmiya

Places:

Urumia, Iran (Urmia, Iran)

Date:

1894

Subjects:

Mizrahi, Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Violence

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage