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Me‘am lo‘ez (From a People of Foreign Tongue): On Genesis
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The Book of Me‘am lo‘ez is the explication of the entire Hebrew Bible in Ladino, explaining the way of life which a person must lead as the sacred law commanded, and also to know about all that…

Contributor:

Jacob Huli

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1730

Subjects:

Oral Torah, Jewish languages, Writing

Categories:

Print & book culture
Printed page of Hebrew text framed by arch with columns of garlands and a border of Hebrew text.
Editor’s Note in Sha‘are mizraḥ (Gates of the East)
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We gratefully acknowledge the signs of munificence shown to us by His Majesty’s government which has officially licensed our periodical, Sha‘are mizraḥ. We understand that this benevolence of His…

Contributor:

Rafael Uziel

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

1846

Subjects:

Writing, Assimilation, Jewish languages, Scholarship, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Journalism
A Manifesto for Turkish Jewish Literature
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Our periodical [Mir’ât] was established to exist in a space of freedom as far away as possible from the recorded language of formality. Deficiencies in style and form will…

Contributor:

Avram Naon

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Writing, Jewish identity, Education, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand accounts