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In the month of Tevet of the same year I entered that school and began studying Greek with tremendous dedication. I repented of all my previous actions and habits, just as I had promised my father (of…
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Abraham Rosanes
Places:
Ruse, Ottoman Empire
(Ruse, Bulgaria)
Date:
1864
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If there is one branch of study that is entirely neglected in our schools it is the history of our forefathers from the time of their dispersion across the globe until the present. . . . [True,] our…
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Mercado Joseph Covo
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1892
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Did you go to a meldar as a child? Have any of you been so lucky and blessed? I am sure that, seeing these two questions, you will all object that you had no idea what a meldar was and that you went…
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Alexander Benghiat
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1920
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May the Lord who dwells in Zion protect you from any grief and sorrow. To my beloved mother, the crown of my head, the pious Mrs. Rachel, may she live long. [ . . . ] You should know, my dear mom…
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Bernard Picart, Moses Sussman Zarit
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ca. 1560
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The whole city was talking about Regina’s wedding. I should tell you first that Regina is one of our former students. People were saying, “Yes, Regina is à la franca” (the expression means “European…
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Djamilé Douec
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
(Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1903
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Our periodical [Mir’ât] was established to exist in a space of freedom as far away as possible from the recorded language of formality. Deficiencies in style and form will…
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Avram Naon
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1909
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And after the rabbi [Joseph Karo] went to Safed he studied in the study house of the rabbi, our master, Jacob Berab, and became a disciple of our master R. Berab, as is written in several places. The…
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David Conforte
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1678
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish Society
Cairo, Egypt
Founded the 1st of Adar I 5657
February 1897
Central Headquarters
Mr. Theodor Herzl
Editor of the “Neue Freie Presse”
Vienna
Sir, dear coreligionist in…
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Bar Kokhba Jewish Society
Places:
Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Egypt, Egypt)
Date:
1897
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From the day that God confused all the languages of the land [see Genesis 11:9], through the bitter and rapid exile of the expulsion from Spain, since then all good things have ended for us; our glory…
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Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1505/6
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Today in every district of Istanbul and neighboring areas we can see Muslim, community, and foreign schools that disseminate instruction and enlighten the people. [For my part] I work as a teacher at…
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Victoria Danon
Places:
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1895