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From the Editor:
With God’s help, the time has come for our newspaper to appear before the community, and I am sure that at first our esteemed subscribers will not judge us for its errors, because all…
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Ezekiel Gabay
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1860
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Paris, December 1876
To Mr. President and Members of the Conference of Constantinople
Sirs,
You were nominated to discuss the interests of a great number of people in the Orient, and to accomplish a…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1877
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It was in the early eighteenth century (1700–1706) when some Ottoman Jews of Spanish and Portuguese origin left Turkey to settle in Vienna. A chronicle has preserved for us the names of the three…
Contributor:
Moïse Franco
Places:
Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1897
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Since D. Bendito has done us the favor of prevailing upon his highness, the Duke of Modena, to allow us into his state with such love and grace…
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The Sephardic Community of Reggio
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Reggio, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Date:
1654
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Rembrandt lived in the part of Amsterdam where the artist’s guild (St. Luke’s Guild) was located; by coincidence, it was home also to a number of Jews. His artworks attest to an interest in the…
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Rembrandt van Rijn
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1645–1647
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Various eggplant recipes have been passed down to us.
the first is one inherited from the late Morena:
you cut it into slices and throw them into the main dish
for that is how she was taught her by…
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Unknown
Places:
Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire
Date:
16th Century
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…
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Bernard Picart
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1724
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…
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Bernard Picart
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1725
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As Performed at the Charleston Theatre
Alberti, Commander of the Florentine Army
Lorenso D’Medici, surnamed the Magnificent
Ippolito, betrothed to Antonia
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Isaac Harby
Places:
Charleston, United States of America
Date:
1819