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Friends, let’s celebrate this day—Viva! Purim, occasion to be gay—Viva! Safe and free from Haman’s wrong, Let’s shout in unison this song—Viva, viva, viva . . . Esther, brilliant as the sun—Viva! G…

Contributor:

Moses L. Penha

Places:

Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1847

Subjects:

Music, Colonialism, Women, Holidays, Performing arts, Poetry

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Performing Arts, Music, Popular Poetry, Poetry

Text of an Excommunication

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This text of an excommunication, found in David Aboab’s manuscript of Sefer emet ve-yatsiv (True and Certain), chronicles a conflict in the Sephardic congregation of Curaçao. The first Jews arrived in…

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David Aboab

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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1745

Subjects:

Excommunication, Sephardic, Colonialism, Holidays, Sukkot

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Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Print & book culture

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