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Siddur Masorti - Egalitarian + Sefaradi
Announcing Siddur Masorti , a new Səfaradi egalitarian prayer book. Inside you’ll find the weekday prayer service with…
- A *full* transliteration
- A groundbreaking new gender-neutral translation
- A Hebrew text inclusive of all genders
- Breathtaking calligraphic artwork
- Options designed to include as many different Səfaradi traditions as possible.
Go to siddurmasorti.com or click the ‘Shop Now’ button on our page to pre-order your copy now.
*Pre-orders open 2 Oct and orders placed will ship after our launch on 3 November* *Free shipping in the UK*
Souvenir de Salonique : Rue Parallèle au quai DS 135 .G72 T41 S688 1912
“Newly acquired and cataloged for our Jewish Salonica Postcard Collection, this historical postcard depicts a street parallel to the dock in Salonica (Thessaloniki), circa April 1912.” Read more!
Les siècles se rencontrant : Juives : La mère et la fille. DS 135 .G72 M47 C67 1917
Newly catalogued for the Jewish Salonica Postcard Collection: Two centuries meeting – the mother and daughter, circa 1917.
“A mother and her daughter walk down a street in Salonica (Thessaloniki, Greece) around 1917, as depicted in this historical postcard newly cataloged and added to our Jewish Salonica Postcard Collection. The mother is in a traditional Jewish dress while the daughter wears a modern Parisian one.”
Salonicco : Cimitero Israelita DS 135 .G72 T41 C46 1917
“With more than 300,000 graves, the Jewish cemetery of Salonica (Thessaloniki, Greece) depicted in this postcard was one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe. This cemetery was also an outstanding symbol of the centuries-old Jewish presence in the Balkan port-city and capital of the region known as Macedonia – grave stones that have survived are dated back to 1493.
Initially located in the periphery of Salonica, the Jewish cemetery eventually became a central area as the city expanded eastward. After the Great Fire of 1917, new urbanistic plans proposed the expropriation or transfer of the cemetery. In the 1930s, parts of the Jewish necropolis were given to the University of Thessaloniki…” Read more!
Salonique 1917: Le Quartier israëlite détruit. Special Collections Research Center DS 135 .G72 T41 Q37 1917
Salonique: Incendie des 18-19-20 Août 1917 DS 135 .G72 T41 I53 1917
“Located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Balkan Peninsula, the port city of Salonica (Thessaloniki), Greece, is in the intersection of two different climatic zones – a geographic situation that creates high variations in atmospheric pressure during the year. In several occasions through the centuries, the strong winds that blow from the north down the Vardar valley whipped up fires that quickly spread, causing significant damage and devastation in the city. The fire that sparked in Salonica on Saturday, August 18, 1917 was of unprecedent scale and changed completely the physiognomy of the city. The fire burned a large part of the historic city center, where several predominantly Jewish neighborhoods were located, leaving a large part of the city’s population homeless – approximately 56,000 Jews, 15,000 Christians, and 10.000 Muslims had their houses consumed by the fire. After the fire, a new urbanistic plan was implemented under the leadership of two famous architects, Ernest Hébrard of France and Thomas Mawson of England. The majority of the Jewish residents who lost their houses, now impoverished, were transferred to peripheral areas of the town, such as the Regie Vardar and Campbell districts. Dozens of postcards depicted the great fire of 1917, including the two featured here, which were purchased by the Special Collections Research Center with the generous support of the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation and the Solovy Judaica Book Fund.” Read more!
Salonique: Synagogue des Italiens. Circa 1917. Special Collections Research Center. DS 135 .G72 T41 S96 1917
Enjoy a recently catalogued item for the Jewish Salonica Postcard Collection.
