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The Synagogue Mejor is a synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, built in the late fifteenth century by Jews who settled in the Ottoman Empire after being expelled from Majorca. Its name “Mejor” commemorates the…
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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Early 16th Century
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1735
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Vidin, Ottoman Empire (Vidin, Bulgaria)
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1658
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Gördes, Ottoman Empire (Gördes, Turkey)
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Late 18th–Early 19th Century
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Angora, Ottoman Empire (Ankara, Turkey)
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1826
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Maurice Joseph Cattaui, Maurice Joseph Cattaui
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
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1905
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Unknown
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Aleppo, Ottoman Empire (Aleppo, Syria)
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ca. 1710
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These gilt-silver finials—which bear the Hebrew calendar year of 5502 (1742)—are considered the earliest dated finials from Iraq. On top of each finial is a miniature ḥamsa, a charm in the shape of a…
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1742
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Built in the seventeenth century, the Scuola Greca is a synagogue located in the area of the ghetto in which Jews were confined in 1622, in a neighborhood still known as “Evraiki” (Jews). It is the…
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Corfu, Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)
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17th Century
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The Yeshivat Dijet Synagogue was located in the Hara Seghira (the “small ghetto”) neighborhood of Djerba, Tunisia. It was one of several synagogues in this area, which, along with Hara Kebira, were…
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Artist Unknown
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Djerba, Ottoman Empire (Djerba, Tunisia)
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End of the 17th Century