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A Visit to the Mellah
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On the third morning, as soon as I was alone, I found the way to the mellah [in Marrakesh]. I came to an intersection where many Jews were standing around. Traffic was streaming past them and around a…

Contributor:

Elias Canetti

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Date:

1968

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Economic life, Community

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Reportage
Shabos-Nakhamu
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This is how things go with your average Jew. But Hershele is not your average Jew. It wasn’t by chance that he was famous in all of Ostropol, in all of Berdichev, and in all of Vilyuisk. Hershele…

Contributor:

Isaac Babel

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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Economic life, Marriage, Cities, Community, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction