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Portrait of Menasseh Ben Israel
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Born to converso parents and baptized as Manoel Dias Soeiro, Menasseh Ben Israel moved as a boy with his family to Amsterdam, where they reverted openly to Judaism. In 1626, he established the first…

Contributor:

Shalom Italia

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1640–1649

Subjects:

Portrait, Scholarship, Writing, Print, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture
Portrait print of man in skullcap and beard with Latin text in oval frame, Latin text below, and small illustration of man with walking stick and Hebrew book above.
Degeneration
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To Professor Cesare Lombroso in Turin. Most esteemed and dear teacher! I dedicate this book to you, in order to express aloud that I would not have been able to write this…

Contributor:

Max Nordau

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy, Italy)

Date:

1896

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Education, Scholarship, Writing, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy