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Moses Mordechai Margaliot (d. 1617) was a member of a family descended from the illustrious medieval scholar Rashi. Margaliot served as a rabbi in Kraków. He was buried in the cemetery of the Rema…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1617
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This gravestone in the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Netherlands (est. 1614), that of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam, is inscribed in memory of Mordechai Franco Mendes (d…
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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands)
Date:
1687 and 1696
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This gravestone is inscribed in memory of Abraham Cohen Pimentel, who served as rabbi of the Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga) in Amsterdam. One narrow side contains an opened book; the opposite narrow…
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Altona, Habsburg Empire
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1697
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In reference to the deceased’s name, the central verse fragment on this monument reads “And Mordechai came before the king. . .” (Esther 8:1), and the top panel contains a low relief of a richly clad…
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Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Curaçao)
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1716
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Rachel Soares Pereira, who died in 1721 at the age of twenty-four, was married to Isaac Pereira. Floral motifs decorate the top of her gravestone, while the bottom panel contains a relief of a hand…
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(Kingston, Jamaica)
Date:
1721
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1675–ca. 1695
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Peter Eisenman
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Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Late 9th Century BCE