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Certainly, dearest parents, I know what is commonly the result of the influence of education and of misunderstood religion, but is it possible that you could hate your son because he harbors other…
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Michael Joseph Edler von Arnstein
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1783
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Aryeh Judah Leib of Trebitsch
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1713
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I request my husband to dispose as follows:
I would wish to be able to give my family in Berlin the capital of 10,000 gulden held for me by my husband . . . my pearls, as my favorite pieces of…
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Fanny von Arnstein
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1793
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[A coffee-houseFerrando, Don Alfonso and Guglielmo]No. i TrioFerrandoMy Dorabella couldn’tDo such a thing:Heaven made herAs faithful as she’s fair.GuglielmoFiordiligi simplyCouldn…
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1790
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We, Leopold, elected Roman Emperor by the grace of God, in the name [of the House of Hapsburg], the name of our heirs and our descendants, with this letter proclaim publicly that we have graciously…
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Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1703
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This Torah mantle was made in Vienna in the eighteenth century. It is embroidered with silk and metallic thread, metallic ribbon, and has metallic fringes. Set against a red background, this mantle’s…
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Artist Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1722/3
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Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) was the chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, a court Jew, and Hapsburg financier. His grave in the Viennese Seegasse cemetery is marked with an elaborately decorated…
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1724
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I wish, then, to describe the four classes to which Jews today belong in order to derive therefrom the principal claim of this discussion, namely: to the extent that the Jews do not take advantage of…
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Lazarus Bendavid
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1793
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1790