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A Pogrom in Fez
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We have awoken from a horrible nightmare that I believed myself unable to describe to you. The sack of the Mellah [the Jewish quarter of the city] by the mutinous Sherifian troops began at midday on…

Contributor:

Avraham Elmaleh

Places:

Fez, French Protectorate in Morocco (Fes, Morocco)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Pogroms, Violence, Antisemitism, Military, Letters

Categories:

Letters, Firsthand accounts
David’s Letter to Joab
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In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, which he sent with Uriah. He wrote in the letter as follows: “Place Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest; then fall back so that he…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Military, Monarchy, Adultery, Violence, Writing, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters