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As for the number of the Jews, one cannot precisely determine it, not even having firm knowledge of the places in which they dwell. Regarding the ten tribes that were captured by…
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Simone Luzzatto
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1638
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The Hebrews have been taught and instructed more than any other nation in the school of hardship under the rigorous discipline of that necessity, because they are deprived of real estate, forbidden…
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Simone Luzzatto
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1638
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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
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1820
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The Jewish population in the United States has grown from a quarter of a million to about one million. Scarcely a large American town but has some Russo-Jewish names in its directory, with an educated…
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Abraham Cahan
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United States, United States of America
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1898
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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)
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1906
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I traveled from Odessa by boat for eleven days until we arrived in Jaffa—this was the path taken by the Russian company’s ships. However, this was not the true length of the journey, which was in fact…
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Mordechai ben Hillel ha-Kohen
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
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1890
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At the present moment there are from New York City and suburbs two women students at Cornell, four at Bryn Mawr, thirteen at Smith, seventeen at Vassar (besides fifteen in preparation for it) and…
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Annie Nathan Meyer
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1888
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Gentlemen, having received incorrect information in the last column of the previous issue, we reported that the discords in our community had been settled. We also promised to give a detailed account…
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Rafael Uziel
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1846
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Along the quay, near the White Tower, there is a café where two young Jewish girls from Salonica sing every day, including Shabbat. In truth we do not find their behavior as low as that of other young…
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Yeremiah (El Yoron)
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1900
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[One] of the most evident features of New York photography has so far not been addressed by writers: the fact that, in every account, the great majority of the photographers concerned were or are Jews…
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Max Kozloff
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2002