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From Foe to Friend
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Before Talpiot was built the King of the Winds used to rule over the entire region: and all his ministers and servants, mighty and stubborn winds, dwelled there with him and blew over mountain and…

Contributor:

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Arab-Jewish relations, Cities, Jewish identity, Community, Exile

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Folklore
Kitāb-i-anusī (The Book of the Forced Convert)
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In the age of every ruler, old and new, time and again some affliction befell us. But this one was…

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Bābāī ibn Lutf

Places:

Kashan, Safavid Iran (Kashan, Iran)

Date:

First Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Conversos, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Exile, Community

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Chronicle from Prague
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5323 [1562]: King Maximilian, may he be exalted, came here, to Prague, on Monday the 6th of Tishri [5 September], and he was crowned on Hoshanah Rabba [the last day of Sukkot—20 September]. In that…

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Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

ca. 1615

Subjects:

Community, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Monarchy, Exile

Categories:

History, Historical Writing