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Image of house with many windows surrounded by soldiers on horseback and people.

Eva Frank’s house in Offenbach during the visit of Tsar Alexander I, November 1813

Jacob (Jakob) Frank (ca. 1726–1791) was a controversial and charismatic messianic figure who attracted a significant Jewish following in Eastern Europe. After his death, his daughter Eva Frank (1754…

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Photograph of room with raised platform with railings in center and carved wooden Torah chamber on back wall.

Chendamangalam Synagogue (Cochin, India)

Built in the early fifteenth century and rebuilt in 1614 following a fire, the Chendamangalam Synagogue served members of the Malabari Jewish community, descendants of Cochin’s earliest Jews, who are…

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Seal Impression on Jar Handle from Jerusalem

Belonging to Hannah (?) daughter of Azaryah.

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