Brief discussion of periodization in Jewish history, with emphasis on the Modern Period and why it begins when it does.
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Napoleon: Louis François Couché (1782-1849). Graveur - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8413362d/f1
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A Jewish father teaching a child in 19th-century Podolia. en.wikipedia.o...
The Cantino planisphere, completed by an unknown Portuguese cartographer in 1502, is one of the most precious cartographic documents of all times. It depicts the world, as it became known to the Europeans after the great exploration voyages at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century to the Americas, Africa and India. It is now kept in the Biblioteca Universitaria Estense, Modena, Italy
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Mural depicting the movement of Torah scrolls following the expulsion from Spain. From Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles.
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Maurycy Gottlieb, Uriel da Costa in the Synagogue (1877)
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Cover of a publication against Benedictus de Spinoza's work. Text: "Benedictus de Spinoza. Iudeus et atheista."en.wikipedia.o...
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