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During the weeks that Eleazar spent in pious contemplation in old Asia, the people of Barcelona took pains to persecute the Jews. It was they, once again, who made it hard for Spanish merchants to…
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Else Lasker-Schüler
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1921
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Tunis, November 1920
Zionism still continues to make progress in Tunisia. In all the major cities of the Regency, Zionist committees have already been established. In Tunis itself there…
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Alliance Israélite Universelle
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Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunis, Tunisia)
Tangier, French Protectorate in Morocco (Tangier, Morocco)
Sousse, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Sousse, Tunisia)
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1920–1938
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My brothers and teachers: for some years, since I was enlightened by the luminous erudition of our pious forefathers, the rabbis in Babylon and the wise writers from Spain, my attention…
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World Sephardi Federation
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Vienna, First Austrian Republic (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1925
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The only image of the interior of the first synagogue of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, a congregation established in Charleston in 1749, is this picture, painted from memory by Solomon Nunes Carvalho. The…
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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Charleston, United States of America
Date:
1838
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Before the priestly blessing is recited in the synagogue, those making the blessing ritually wash their hands. It is also customary for Jews to wash their hands before entering a synagogue for worship…
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Artist Unknown
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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ca. 1800
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Against the setting sun, in the fields near a kevutzah in Palestine, a group of young halutzim are dancing. All day long they have worked hard on the land. The morrow brings another day of…
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Corinne Chochem, Muriel Roth
Places:
Newark, United States of America
Date:
1941
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As Performed at the Charleston Theatre Alberti, Commander of the Florentine Army Lorenso D’Medici, surnamed the Magnificent Ippolito, betrothed to Antonia
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Isaac Harby
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Charleston, United States of America
Date:
1819
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…
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Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1724
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…
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Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1725
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Rembrandt lived in the part of Amsterdam where the artist’s guild (St. Luke’s Guild) was located; by coincidence, it was home also to a number of Jews. His artworks attest to an interest in the…
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1645–1647