Spaniolischer Jude (Jew from Spain), etching print on a postcard
From the E.M. Lilien Collection. AR 1944
Collection of the Leo Baeck Institute
By: J.D. Arden, M.L.I.S., Reference Services Librarian,
Genealogy Specialist, Center for Jewish History
More than 500 years ago, on July 30th of 1492, Jews residing in Spain—numbering approximately 200,000—were expelled from…
The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history.
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Rome’o i Zhuliyet (רומיאו אי ז’ולייטה)
William Shakespeare
(Salonika, 1922)
Ladino
This translation comes from the Balkans,…
The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history.
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Tsemah David: Dittionario Novo
David ben Isaac de Pomis
Ioannem de Gara (Venice, 1587)
Hebrew, Aramaic, Italian, Latin
Dedicated…
The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history.
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Sefer Chesed L’Avraham (ספר חסד לאברהם)
Avraham ben R. Shalom Tubiana
Ṿalansi (Izmir, 1764)
Hebrew
A truly Sephardic item, the…
The rare books and artifacts in this exhibit, Sephardic Journeys, reflect a rich tradition of scholarship and culture shaped by migrations, and they invite, in turn, reflection upon the physical, emotional and spiritual journeys of Jewish history.
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Seder Ta’aniyot (סדר תעניות)
Girard Yohan Yanson Uve-Vet Yisra’el Mondovi (Amsterdam, 1771)
Hebrew, Spanish
Beginning in the late 17th century, Amsterdam…