As one of the Ottoman Empire’s few Mediterranean ports, Salonika welcomed Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal. Four great...
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Solomon Maimon’s translation of his role model’s Guide for the Perplexed lies at the heart of his autobiography, attesting...
A converso who returned to his roots, Uriel da Costa found the Judaism practiced in Amsterdam a far cry...
The synergy between Nathan of Gaza, a charismatic young genius, and Shabbetai Tzvi, a complex, troubled personality, led to...
April 8 1730 – Nisan 21 5490 New York City On the seventh day of Passover, the building...
March 27 1839 – Nissan 12 5599 Mashhad, Iran Increasing social tensions and resentment by Shiite Muslims of the Jewish...
January 21 1882 1 Shevat 5642 Russia Beth Jacob Socialists In response to a wave of pogroms in...
September 17 1609 – 18 Elul 5369 Prague Rabbi Judah Loew son of Bezalel, Maharal of Prague, died. After a...
December 4 1858 – 27 Kislev 5619 New York Some 2,500 Christians and Jews gathered in New York City to...
Though baptized at age twenty-eight, Heinrich Heine remained torn between Judaism and German nationalism, tradition and modernity || Asael...
An annual outlet for the pressure cooker of the medieval Jewish community, the Purim spiel subtly subverts the power...
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