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Shlomo Pereira

Shlomo Pereira

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A TALE OF TWO PASSOVERS CELEBRATING FREEDOM UNDER CAPTIVITY c. 1500

A TALE OF TWO PASSOVERS: CELEBRATING FREEDOM UNDER CAPTIVITY c. 1500 Passover, the Festival of Freedom, in 1497 and 1506, was marked in Portugal by...

05.03.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira

From Catastrophe to Zion: Iberian Jews and the Pull of the Holy Land, 1391–1492

Between the pogroms of 1391 and the expulsion of 1492, Iberian Jews and conversos maintained a tenacious bond with the Land of Israel despite...

27.02.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira

The Safed-Jerusalem Shemittah Controversy of 1504: A Community Divided

JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL 1504 The Safed-Jerusalem Shemittah Controversy of 1504: A Community Divided In 1504, twelve years after the...

21.02.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira

1170 – Through the Holy Land with Benjamin of Tudela

07.02.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira

ECHOES OF SEPHARAD – Rabbi Eliezer: Printing in Híjar and Lisbon?

30.01.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira

1836 Battle for the Soul of Jerusalem: Faith, Medicine, and Jewish Resilience

19.12.2025 20

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Shlomo Pereira

1836: A Campaign to Convert Jews in Jerusalem

12.12.2025 20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira

1187-1229: Jews in Jerusalem Under Saladin’s Benevolent Rule

10.12.2025 40

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Shlomo Pereira

1218 – The Poet’s Pilgrimage: Yehudah al-Harizi’s Journey to the Land of Israel

27.11.2025 40

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Shlomo Pereira

On the Pan-Arab Origins of the Palestinian Flag

21.11.2025 70

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Shlomo Pereira

1656: Christian Millenarians and Jewish Survival in the Land of Israel

07.11.2025 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Shlomo Pereira