Abraham Isaac Castello — (1726, Ancona, Italy mdash;August 1, 1789, Leghorn, Italy) was a rabbi, preacher, and poet. At the age of thirteen he arrived, poor and destitute, in Leghorn, where, although he had previously intended to become a mechanic, his agreeable voice… … Wikipedia
Joseph Castello — (or Joseph Castilho) (b. ca. 1746, Leghorn, Italy) was an Italian Jewish physician, son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Castello. After studying medicine at Pisa, he returned to his native city, where he soon acquired a reputation as a physician. A… … Wikipedia
Ovadia ben Abraham — de Bertinoro (hébreu : עובדיה בן אברהם מברטנורא Ovadia ben Abraham miBartenoura), dit le Bartenoura (1445 vers 1500), est un rabbin italien de la seconde partie du XVe siècle. Mort à Jérusalem vers 1500, il est l’auteur d’un commentaire … Wikipédia en Français
Obadiah ben Abraham — of Bertinoro (Hebrew: עובדיה בן אברהם מברטנורא) was a 15th century rabbi best known for his popular commentary on the Mishnah, commonly known as The Bartenura . He was born and lived in the second half of the 15th century in Italy and died in… … Wikipedia
List of West European Jews — Apart from France, established Jewish populations exist in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. With the original medieval populations wiped out by the Black Death and the pogroms that followed it, the current Dutch and… … Wikipedia
CULTURAL LIFE — Introduction The movement for the return to Zion which emerged as a force at the end of the 19th century was based on a variety of motivations, including the political – the demand for an independent homeland where the Jews could forge their own… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LEGHORN — (Livorno), main port of Tuscany, central Italy. In the middle of the 16th century, when Leghorn was a miserable, malaria infested village, its rulers, the Medici, decided to turn it into an important port and to attract foreigners to settle it.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Emanuel Calvo — (born at Salonica toward the end of the seventeenth century; died before 1772) was an Italian physician and Neo Hebraic poet. In early youth he went to Leghorn with his learned father, Raphael Calvo, and on October 23, 1724, he graduated as a… … Wikipedia
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De Castro family (Sephardi Jewish) — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
