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These depictions of Jewish women from Adrianople (present day Edirne, Turkey) is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have done his own illustrations. Considered…
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Nicolas de Nicolay
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1585
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These are the conditions for a proper wife so that she will be cherished by her husband, so that he will not come to set his…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1712
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Date Unknown, early 19th century
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This episode occurred on Deribasov Street, about two years after the beginning of our story.
At that time our editorial office was located at the upper end of the street, in the…
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Vladimir Jabotinsky
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1935
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Isaac Tyrnau, Shim’on Levi Gintsburg
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1600
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1572
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Cornelis de Bruyn
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1714
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This watercolor from the Gennadius Library’s Costume Album collection, in Athens, depicts two Jewish women—a widow (left) and a married woman (right)—in the colorful traditional attire of…
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Artist Unknown
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Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1574
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Silence, and a starry night
Frost crackling, fine as sand.
Remember how I taught you
To hold a gun in your hand?
In fur jacket and beret,
Clutching a hand grenade,
A girl whose skin is velvet
Ambus…
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Hirsh Glik
Date:
1942
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Wenceslaus Hollar
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Arundel, Kingdom of Great Britain
(Arundel, United Kingdom)
Date:
1644