ASHKENAZI, ELIEZER BEN ELIJAH THE PHYSICIAN — (1513–1586), rabbi and exegete. Eliezer s activities covered many of the Jewish centers of the 16th century. The influential position he held in widely scattered communities indicates the basic unity of Jewish society and culture in the period. A … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LEVITA, ELIJAH — (Bahur; ben Asher ha Levi Ashkenazi; 1468 or 1469–1549), Hebrew philologist, grammarian, and lexicographer. Born in Neustadt, near Nuremberg, Germany, he spent most of his life in Italy (Padua, Venice, and Rome) where he taught Hebrew language… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AVIGDOR BEN ELIJAH HA-KOHEN — (c. 1200–1275), talmudic scholar in Italy and Austria. Avigdor was born in Italy and studied under Eleazar b. Samuel of Verona, Isaac of Verona, and later Simḥah b. Samuel of Speyer. For a number of years Avigdor lived in northern Italy in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRAVELERS AND TRAVELS TO EREẒ ISRAEL — Jewish Travelers Jews have traveled to see the Holy Land ever since they first settled in the lands of the Diaspora, i.e., travel by Jews to Ereẓ Israel began from the time of the Babylonian Exile and in effect never ceased entirely from then to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CORFU — CORFU, Greek island, the second largest of the Ionian group. The town of the same name is the largest on the island. benjamin of tudela , in c. 1160, found only one Jew in Corfu. The number of Jews increased during the 13th and 14th centuries… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZANTE — (Gr. Zakynthos or Zakinthos), city on the island of Zante, the main southernmost island of the Ionian Islands of Greece. Moses basola , who passed through Zante in 1522, found about 30 Jewish families and a synagogue. elijah of Pesaro mentions in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good … Encyclopedia of Judaism
History of the Jews in Italy — The Great Synagogue of Rome Part of a series of articles on … Wikipedia
THE MIDDLE AGES — … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Early editions of the Hebrew Bible — Jewish printers were quick to take advantages of the printing press in publishing the Hebrew Bible. While for synagogue services written scrolls were used (and still are used, as Sifrei Torah are always handwritten), the printing press was very… … Wikipedia
