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[ . . . ] [A]n attempt will be made to present the history of the Jews of the African Maghreb, a large, well-defined diaspora which in some respects is different from other Jewish groups generally and…
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Ḥaim Zeev Hirschberg
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1965
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Sivan, 5529 Livorno [1769]
In the name of G-d, the G-d of mercy!
In such measure as light exceeds darkness, such is the superiority of the people of this country over the people of Spain…
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Isaac Euchel
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1790
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Nicolas de Nicolay
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1585
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Caspar Luyken
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
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1703
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Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
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1724
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Cornelis de Bruyn
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1714
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[…] Second-generation Jews, like their immigrant parents, succeeded in developing a nucleus of Jewishness, defined through secondary associations, that made being Jewish an impelling reality for their…
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Deborah Dash Moore
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Ann Arbor, United States of America
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1981
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Any public Jewish institution that is inextricably tied to the greater Jewish community can only express its deep sorrow as it looks back over the past year. Hundreds of thousands of our brethren, the…
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Fülöp Grünwald
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Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
(Budapest, Hungary)
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1943
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Charity is only one part of maasim tovim, but it is a very important part. The most popular word for it in the shtetl is tsdokeh. This is one of the Hebrew words which have been incorporated into the…
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Mark Zborowski, Elizabeth Herzog
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1952
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Free of any preoccupations, I allowed myself to seek out and investigate the Jews, their manners and customs. They are good-hearted folk, charitable and hospitable to strangers. They honor the Torah…
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Samuel Romanelli
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1792