Back to Jewish History Sourcebook | Back to Medieval Sourcebook | Halsall History Web Sites Page | Jewish History Sourcebook: The Black Death and the Jews 1348-1349 CE In 1348 there appeared in Europe a devastating plague which is reported to have killed off ultimately twenty-five million people. By the fall of that year the rumor was current that these deaths were due to an international ...

Back to Jewish History Sourcebook | Back to Medieval Sourcebook | Halsall History Web Sites Page | Jewish History Sourcebook: The Expulsion from Spain, 1492 CE In the spring of 1492, shortly after the Moors were driven out of Granada, Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain expelled all the Jews from their lands and thus, by a stroke of the pen, put an end to the largest and most distinguished Jewish ...

Back to Jewish History Sourcebook | Back to Medieval Sourcebook | Halsall History Web Sites Page | Jewish History Sourcebook: The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681 CE THE Visigothic Code, originally in Latin, includes the laws of a number of Catholic kings who ruled Spain from 586 to 71 1. Reccared (586-601), the first Visigothic King to become a Catholic, was also the first king to ...

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Kurash (Cyrus) the Great: The Decree of Return for the Jews, 539 BCE From The Kurash Prism: I am Kurash , King of the World, Great King, Legitimate King, King of Babilani, King of Kiengir and Akkade, King of the four rims of the earth, Son of Kanbujiya, Great King, King of Hakhamanish, Grandson of Kurash, Great king, King of ...

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Back to Jewish History Sourcebook | Back to Medieval Sourcebook | Halsall History Web Sites Page | Jewish History Sourcebook: Jews and the Later Roman Law 315-531 CE The Middle Ages, for the Jew at least, begin with the advent to power of Constantine the Great (306-337). He was the first Roman emperor to issue laws which radically limited the rights of Jews as citizens of the Roman Empire, a ...

Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Jewish Ethical Wills, 12th & 14th Centuries Many Jews were in the habit of writing wills, in Hebrew, in which they imparted instruction of an ethical and religious nature to their children and to their descendants. Such ethical testaments were not uncommon among Moslems and Christians at this time.

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View a sample exhibit of our extensive on-line photographic archives. E-mail questions, comments, or feedback about this site to ajhs@ajhs.org This site was last updated on May 21, 2002 The mission of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) is to foster awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish past and to serve as a national scholarly resource for research through the collection, ...

The researchers have beautiful days in front of them .... he spellbinding history of a Jewish Atlantis that slumbered in neglect for centuries. - Alexandra Lemasson, commenting on Marek Halter's novel Le Vent des Khazars in the weekly French magazine L'Express, June 7, 2001 Khazaria.com A Resource for Turkic and Jewish History in Russia and Ukraine Last Update: June 5, 2002 Khazaria-Announce ...

This exhibition, through text and artifact, presents an experiential route of their travels. Click here to see a preview of the exhibition. Artists on the Edge The Treasures of Yemenite Jewelry AJHS Seeing Ourselves YUM Introspective Retrospective: Contemporary Glass by Sydney Cash One Chair, Many Tables by Ahuva Malka Mantell Continuity and Change: 92 Years of Judaica at Bezalel Traders to ...

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The Temple Mount in Jerusalem Where were the First and Second Jewish Temples Located Highlighting the Research of Tel Aviv Architect Tuvia Sagiv Aerial photo of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem showing the Proposed Northern, Central and Southern Sites for the First and Second Temples. As the navel is set in the centre of the human body, so is the land of Israel the navel of the world... situated ...

Project Information News & Notes Arts & Humanities Jewish History Background Documents Magistrato Supremo Costume & Textiles Search Guestbook Help JEWISH HISTORY, RELIGION & CULTURE Background Documents for Jewish History, Religion and Culture The Prehistory of the Florentine Ghetto: Magistrato Supremo 4449 and 4450 Who's Who in the Jewish Initiative of The Medici Archive Project For further ...

Jewish-American History on the Web is an online archive of original documents, journals, books and literature on the subject of Jews in 19th-Century America.

Take a Virtual Tour through 500 years of Jewish-American history -- from the Jews who helped Columbus to Barbra Streisand - illustrated by medals specially commissioned by the Jewish-American Hall of Fame. Test your Jewish I.Q. by taking Quizzes about the personalities, places and events that have been honored by the Jewish-American Hall of Fame -- baseball great Hank Greenberg, violin virtuoso ...

This page from A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers over 150 Holocaust-related Web links that may be used in the classroom.

THE CATSKILLS INSTITUTE An Organization to Promote Research and Education on the Significance of the Catskill Mountains for American Jewish Life The Eighth Annual History of the Catskills Conference, will take place at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello on August 23-25, 2002, continuing the tradition of annual conferences held by the Catskills Institute. Speakers will include authors who have ...

SAUDADES Portuguese Sephardic History A feeling of joy descends slowly Finding its resting place within me The images of the past now an inspiration Listening to the memories fills me with tenderness I have survived, I am here, I am alive Connected always to my past with love and saudade For those who went before, so I open my heart like a shrine Unblemished by bitterness or hate Filled with ...

Information about Bukharian Jews, their news, culture, music (mp3 format), traditions, literature, photo archive of the past, famous people, acquaintances, conferences, forums, chat and much more...Also historical development, facts & contribution to Uzbekistan and the rest of Central Asia. - E oi e i ae ie a a a eii . I e aie eoeuoo u ao a ee a a i aca eai: cue, iiue ...

Making history by recording history Please join us for afternoon tea as we celebrate this unprecedented undertaking and unique cultural event. About The Book (Clip) Video Clip (Size 680 KB) About Esther s Children: Send the editor your comments inquiries about the book Houman Sarshar houman@rcn.com ...

HERITAGE FILMS, The Eastern European Connection reconnects you to the places and people you or your ancestors left behind. We provide the tools - enabling you to recapture the heritage of your family in 27 countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

A jewish american art and history exhibit you can borrow for hanging on the walls of your school, church, synagogue, community center or public agency.

The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life is a not-for-profit organization that provides educational and rabbinic services to small Jewish communities, documents and preserves the rich history of the southern Jewish experience, and promotes a strong Jewish cultural presence throughout a twelve-state region. The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience operates under the auspices ...

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The Last Jews of Libya This Web site is by, for, and of the entire community of Jews of Libya. I thank everyone who made this project possible, especially the narrators, who contributed their time, stories, and photographs to ensure that the life and memories of the Jews of Libya will not vanish. I am grateful to the Librarians Association of the University of California (LAUC), for support and ...

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A memorial site to Jewish Zabludow Poland. Detailed town history, holocaust history, family history.English translations of rare historical documents, and wonderful photos ...

Commemoration 350 years Mikve Israel-Emanuel, Curacao N.A.

Major review and analysis of Jewish history, of King Solomon's reign and of the Maccabean dynasty, locating the causes of subsequent defeat of the people and loss of country. Covers Jewish belief and practice, social conditions and government.

Here is the fascinating story of the Lemba tribe of Jews that left judea 2, 500 years ago.

ANCIENT ECONOMIES II Morris Silver Economics Department City College of New York Ancient Economies I analyzes more or less standard problems in historical economics. Ancient Economies II deals with more speculative matters such as the economic content in ancient mythology. Again, contributions by interested scholars are invited. Topic A:Making a Case for a Technological Interpretation of the ...

Are Russian Jews Descended from the Khazars A Reassessment Based upon the Latest Historical, Archaeological, Linguistic, and Genetic Evidence by Kevin Alan Brook This page is Copyright (C) 2000-2002 by Kevin Brook, all rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction of this page is prohibited. The traditional view is that Eastern European Jews descend almost entirely from French and German Jews.

Ohef Sholom Temple Archives contains over 2500 objects relating to the history of Jews in Norfolk, Virginia.

Hebrew Social Organization Marriage Marriage regulations and arrangement portrayed in the Old Testament are significant both in the context of the society in which they were embedded and of social orders which later attempted to build moral systems upon biblical models. Ancient Hebrew patterns and their influence must first and foremost be understood in the context of the dynamics of the ...

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Article about marriage customs in ancient Israel, by a religious scholar.

On The Location of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem by Lambert Dolphin and Michael Kollen Because of our sins we were exiled from our country and banished from our land. We cannot go up as pilgrims to worship Thee, to perform our duties in Thy chosen house, the great and Holy Temple which was called by Thy name, on account of the hand that was let loose on Thy sanctuary. May it be Thy ...

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PUBLISHERS OF BOOKS ON THE AMERICAN WEST (707) 829-8568 Order Fax (707) 829-8588 CHEYENNE SEBASTOPOL This book of photographs and interviews of 140 years and 5 generations of Jewish life in the Cowboy state was originally a traveling exhibition shown at the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institution. In this stunning collection of photographs and interviews, Penny ...

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