The emancipated Jewish women of Jerusalem, 1823

This article from 200 years ago - May 1823 - describes the lives of (Sephardic) Jews in Jerusalem then, and pays particular attention to the women.Excerpts:Many of the Jews are rich and in comfortable circumstances, and possess a good deal of property in Jerusalem, but they are careful to conceal their wealth, and even their comfort, from the jealous eye of their rulers, lest...

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Jordanian "expert" says Israeli Left is promiscuous, the Right is Taliban

Arab media have been very excited at the doom and gloom articles in Israeli and Western media predicting civil war or a collapse of Israeli society. Haaretz articles are especially prized and translated.But it's been a couple of months, and the audience is thirsting for more. Awad Deif Allah Almalahimah writes in Jordanian news site Khaberni his own expert analysis of...

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