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Sheyris Yisroel (Remnant of Israel)
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The German holy community of Amsterdam was founded in the year 5396 [1635/6]. This I discovered in a few pages of a book written by Maharam Maarsen, one of the first German Jews in Amsterdam…

Contributor:

Menaḥem Man Amelander

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1743

Subjects:

Community, Migration, Diaspora, Pogroms, Synagogue

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts
Discourse Delivered at the Consecration of the Synagogue of the Hebrew Congregation Mickve Israel, in the City of Savannah, Georgia, 21 July 1820
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Assembled as we are, to re-establish by commemoration, (2) the Congregation of this remnant or small portion of the house of Israel; your expectation of a brief sketch of our History, and particularly…

Contributor:

Jacob de la Motta

Places:

Savannah, United States of America

Date:

1820

Subjects:

Community, Migration, Diaspora, Colonialism, Cities

Categories:

Sermons, Political Culture