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Did you go to a meldar as a child? Have any of you been so lucky and blessed? I am sure that, seeing these two questions, you will all object that you had no idea what a meldar was and that you went…
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Alexander Benghiat
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Türkiye)
Date:
1920
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Our periodical [Mir’ât] was established to exist in a space of freedom as far away as possible from the recorded language of formality. Deficiencies in style and form will…
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Avram Naon
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
1909
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[ . . . ] In the country as well as in the town, I lived in a petty-bourgeois environment where the principal effort was directed toward acquisition. In this respect, I cut myself off both from the…
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Leon Trotsky
Places:
Alma Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Büyükada, Türkiye
Date:
1929
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From the day that God confused all the languages of the land [see Genesis 11:9], through the bitter and rapid exile of the expulsion from Spain, since then all good things have ended for us; our glory…
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Abraham Ibn Ya‘ish
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
1505/6
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One day, I was reading a certain book, which contained eight commentaries on the Song of Songs. More precious than pearls they are; all of their commentaries are sapphires, the words of the living God…
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Isaac ‘Akrish
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
ca. 1575–1578
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Today in every district of Istanbul and neighboring areas we can see Muslim, community, and foreign schools that disseminate instruction and enlighten the people. [For my part] I work as a teacher at…
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Victoria Danon
Places:
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Date:
1895