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Let me be frank: I was there, but as a Zionist. I thought Judaism and Zionism in particular needed to be represented in some way. It was a grand idea, a matter of defending a supreme liberty. Jews…
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Joseph Marco Baruch
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(Italy, Italy)
Date:
1897
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March 17, 1903
18 Adar, 5663
Safi—May He Who is on high make its Foundation firm
(Morocco)
To His Honor, the Exalted President, Lover of His People, Glory of His Nation, Our Distinguished Lord, Dr. T…
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Ahavat Zion Society
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(Morocco, Morocco)
Date:
1903
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We have not had in Mosul—unlike our unfortunate coreligionists in Baghdad much to suffer from the fanatic and reactionary movement among the Muslims in recent days. The delegates of the Committee of…
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Maurice Sidi
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Mosul, Ottoman Empire
(Mosul, Iraq)
Date:
1908
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We must emphasize the impact Jews are having on the town of Jaffa. Those who knew Jaffa in the past can testify that the town owes a lot to the Jews; its appearance has changed dramatically over the…
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Ze’ev Smilansky
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine
(Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1906
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The sinyor Rav h"r Shaul had a strong aversion to the Turkish language to the extent that he would excommunicate anyone singing Turkish songs. Not only Turkish songs, but even a Jewish liturgical…
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Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
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Salonica, Ottoman Palestine
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1881–1890
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We, the poor of Israel, inhabitants of the city of Izmir, may God protect it, slaves of our lord and king, Sultan Abdülmecid, may his name be praised and long live his reign, [are] oppressed and…
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Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1847
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[By “war”] I mean concrete war—rather than a war of words or an incomplete war of demonstrations. I am not in denial regarding the existence of these words or those demonstrations, and neither do I…
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Murād Faraj
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1912
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This satirical political cartoon, printed in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the Ladino socialist periodical El Pueblo, mocks Theodor Herzl’s 1902 visit to Istanbul, while also indicating the brutal policies of…
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Artist Unknown
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Sofia, Ottoman Empire
(Bulgaria, Bulgaria)
Date:
1902
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36
The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an…
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1893