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Jewish Wedding at a Synagogue in Fürth
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This print depicting a Jewish wedding in Fürth is from the beginning of the eighteenth century, a period of prosperity for the city’s Jewish community. There were between 350 and 400 Jewish families…

Contributor:

Johannes Alexander Böner

Places:

Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)

Date:

1705

Subjects:

Synagogue, Marriage, Family, Cities, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Print & Book Culture
Print engraving of two buildings with tile roofs next to each other, one of mostly wood and the other of stone, with several people standing in front of them, and German writing below.
The Panic, or, The Town of Hérres
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In the year 5594 (1834) it was the Ninth of Av, the holy day commemorating the Destruction of the Temple. In the morning, when the worshipers were lamenting at the…

Contributor:

Isaac Meyer Dik

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1868

Subjects:

Government, Marriage, Community, Synagogue, Tishah be-Av

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Humor & Satire