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Mordechai ha-Kohen
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(Libya, Libya)
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1907
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The city modernizes more and more. One hardly sees those baggy, dark, unsightly breeches of old, the ones that Muslims, Christians, and poor Jews still wore in the middle of the last century. Until…
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Joseph Nehama
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1914
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Joseph ben Ḥayim de Vitali
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(Aitoloakarnania, Greece)
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1528
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Unknown
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Buda, Ottoman Empire
(Buda, Hungary)
Date:
1686
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After these things, Ahmed Shaitan desired of the Jews a hundred and fifty thousand great gold pieces, and he also said, If ye bring them not quickly, I shall kill you with the sword. And when the Jews…
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Unknown
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Cairo, Egypt)
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ca. 1524
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And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…
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Unknown
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1627
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At present there are approximately three hundred homeowners, and almost twelve hundred people, in Jerusalem, may it be rebuilt and reestablished. This about the situation you will find at any point in…
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Raphael Mordechai Malki
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Late 17th Century
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When history recounts the life and fortune of the peoples who lived in various epochs, when it lets us believe in the marvelous strides that they had made, whether in the field of war, or for…
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Klara
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Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire
(Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
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1903
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There is a matter well known and widely publicized among all those who have come through the gates of our city, Constantinople [Istanbul], may God preserve it. . . . [I]t occurred about two years…
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Isaac Akrish
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1858
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Gentlemen, having received incorrect information in the last column of the previous issue, we reported that the discords in our community had been settled. We also promised to give a detailed account…
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Rafael Uziel
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1846