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New and hitherto unknown words have entered our dictionary. These words can now be heard at gatherings, and even more in private conversations, and sometimes we read them in the press. And if, until…
Contributor:
Moshe Beilinson
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Petah Tikvah, Mandate Palestine (Petaẖ Tiqva, Israel)
Date:
1927
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Unknown
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Buda, Ottoman Empire (Buda, Hungary)
Date:
1686
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Not with surprising suddenness did it come; it did not come—as in the dark days we had hoped it would—as a miraculous flash on a radio, a startling announcement lifting us from the depths of despair…
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A. M. Klein
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Montreal, Canada
Date:
1945
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The Book of the Ghetto Wars is intended to bring together a selection of the materials in our possession—testimony, journals and notes, documents, studies, poems, and stories—that were created during…
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Antek Zuckerman, Moshe Basok
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1954
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In the early days of November 1942 (on November 14th) the German army conquered Tunisia with the aim of repelling the Allied Armies (the English and American) in Morocco, Algeria, and western Tunisia…
Contributor:
Isaac ben Jacob Mamo
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Nabeul, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia)
Date:
1942–1943
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During the period between the two wars, the relations between Jews and Muslims progressively altered. One can assign several causes to this unfortunate evolution.
One is the acceleration…
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Raymond Bénichou
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1957
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Sultan Mehmed began his reign in the year 856, according to their count [1452 CE]. The king ordered the building of sailing ships on the top of the…
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Joseph Sambari
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1673
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Whoever reads it, his heart laughs.
About the invasion of the Swedes
Therefore you should buy [this booklet] / And don’t run away from it.
Thus you will see / What signs and wonders took place in…
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Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1649
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Come, O heart, and proclaim a flood upon the world; no…
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Bābāī ibn Farhād
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Kashan, Afsharid Dynasty (Kashan, Iran)
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Mid– to Late 18th Century
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The (foreign) chieftains lie prostrate, saying “Peace.” Not one lifts his head among the Nine Bows.
Libya is captured, while Hatti is pacified.
Canaan is plundered, Ashkelon is carried off, and Gezer…
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ca. 1208 BCE