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And Isaac offered this prayer and supplication before the Lord:
Master of the worlds and Lord of lords, possessed of infinite wisdom and endless understanding, who emanates through His beings which…
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Isaac Aboab da Fonseca
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Recife, Dutch Colonial Empire (Recife, Brazil)
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Mid–17th Century
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The situation in Argentina is crying for change. If we don’t want the Jewish colonists to vanish into anonymous misery and oppression; if we don’t want the colonies…
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Leon Chasanowitch
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Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1910
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[ . . . ] There is, however, a point to which I would like to draw your attention, and that is the undeniable success of our agricultural colonization, particularly our oldest effort, colonization in…
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Narcisse Leven
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Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1907
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In placing before the public this account of the Bene-Israel of the Bombay Presidency, we think we need make no apology for having selected a subject in which the civilized world has already…
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Haeem Samuel Kehimkar
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Bombay, British India (Mumbai, India)
Date:
1897
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There may not be in this [city of] Recife and Antonio Vaz any congregation beyond that which exists today—may God enlarge it—and, if there be now or at any time anyone who contests this matter, the…
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The Jewish Community of Recife
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Recife, Dutch Colonial Empire (Recife, Brazil)
Date:
1648
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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…
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Jacob de la Motta
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Savannah, United States of America
Date:
1820
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We will briefly mention several of his more important military expeditions. In the year 1731, Mr. Boeyé, Officer of the Christian Citizens Militia, received an order from the Council to carry out a…
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David de Isaac Cohen Nassy
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Paramaribo, Dutch Colonial Empire (Paramaribo, Suriname)
Date:
1788
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Scene I. A Valley with a neat Cottage on the right, an Arbour on the left, and picturesque Mountains at a distance.
Enter from the cottage, Jasper and Jenkins.
Jenkins:
And so, neighbour, you…
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Mordecai Manuel Noah
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1819
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Brazilian, I’m rich, I’ve got dough
There’s plenty of gold in my sack
Paree, here I am, I’ve come back
And richer than ever before!
Two times was I here in the past
My suitcases bulging with gold
A…
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Jacques Offenbach
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1866
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Regarding the first point of the program, I was just given the honorific task to add a few words to its discussion. Although I find it very difficult at present to justify my assessment of this matter…
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Leo Motzkin
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1897