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Now since the episode of the earthquake has already been mentioned, in order that all those who come after us should be aware of it, I shall place on record what occurred in relation to the earthquake…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1688
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The slaughter that occurred there, in Lisbon:
I was out of the city, and when I returned after several days they told me that the two [events, namely, the massacre within Lisbon and in the surrounding…
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Solomon Ibn Verga
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
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ca. 1520
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There was a man in Castile called Americo. He had a large ship, in which he placed a great number of supplies, as much as his soul desired, and he also resolved in his heart to amass as much booty as…
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Joseph ha-Kohen
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Sabbioneta, Republic of Venice
(Sabbioneta, Italy)
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1554
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Granada was under control of the Ishmaelites for seven hundred years, until Ferdinand and Isabel, the monarchs of Spain, besieged it, for many days, and captured the whole region of that kingdom in…
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Joseph ha-Kohen
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Sabbioneta, Republic of Venice
(Sabbioneta, Italy)
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ca. 1575
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No matter what the body of the Nation, be it in the form of a kingdom or a republic, it comprises various classes of people; as for the nobles, who make the state blossom through commerce, increased…
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Isaac de Pinto
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1748
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And the work was finished on the eve of Sabbath, in
the month of Shebat, in the year 307, in the great
city of Venice which is under the rule of
the Signoria, may God increase their
glory, and in the…
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Cornelio Adelkind
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1547
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Kashruth was not only redefined but repositioned as a growing number of American Jews restricted its observance to the home. The new geography of kashruth promoted a more flexible approach toward…
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Jenna Weissman Joselit
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1994
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The belated adoption of the first law of Jewish emancipation has led to the assumption that it had no practical value. True as this statement may be technically, it nevertheless needs further…
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George Barany
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Denver, United States of America
Date:
1974
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At 1:35 on the morning of May 9, 1986, a bomb exploded in Amiti Pilowsky’s bedroom window in Santiago, Chile. No one was hurt, although the bomb destroyed a car in the driveway, severely damaged a…
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Tina Rosenberg
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1987