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The Pinkas Synagogue is the second-oldest extant synagogue in Prague. It is believed that a synagogue was found in that location as early as 1492. The structure now housing the synagogue was built by…
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1625
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Now I shall come to fulfill your desire by writing to you at length about the customs of the residents of the land of Israel; for although I also wrote to you by way of the pilgrims, and I sent them…
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Israel of Perugia
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1517–1523
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Food was important not just as a means of survival, but also because, as Ma repeatedly told me, “it’s made with love that makes it taste so good.” As a toddler, perched on a chair, I watched each step…
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Ethel G. Hofman
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
2005
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We shall now sum up the different opinions as regards the arrival of the Jews on Chinese soil.The missionaries reported that the Jews believe, according to a tradition, that their ancestors came to…
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Adolph Neubauer
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(Oxford, United Kingdom)
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1895
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Some of the proverbs I have collected appeared previously in the yearbook Der hoyz-fraynd published by M. Spektor in Warsaw (1888–1889). The collection I am now presenting to the reader as…
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Ignatz Bernshteyn
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Leipzig, German Empire
(Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
1907
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Myer Myers
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(New York City, United States of America)
(United)
Date:
1770
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Jacques Wiener
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Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium
(Brussels, Belgium)
Date:
1849
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Zemah Davidsohn
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New York City, United States of America
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1863
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff
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Wörlitz, Holy Roman Empire
(Wörlitz, Germany)
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1789–1790
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Artist Unknown
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Yanuv, Russian Empire
(Janów, Poland)
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1700s