The Salonika Committee, which was powerful in
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*In 1903, the Salonika committee bombed the Osmanli Bank in the city of
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SALONIKA — (Thessaloniki), port located in N.E. Greece. Although historical evidence is scarce, it is believed that the Alexandrian Jews who arrived in ca. 140 B.C.E. were among the first Jews to settle in Salonika. Several sources give evidence of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights — The Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights was formed in the city of Constantinople in 1877 by an influential group of political scientist Albanian intellectuals. The goal of the committee was to disseminate the idea of an autonomous… … Wikipedia
OTTOMAN EMPIRE — OTTOMAN EMPIRE, Balkan and Middle Eastern empire started by a Turkish tribe, led by ʿUthmān (1288–1326), at the beginning of the 14th century. This entry is arranged according to the following outline: sources … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PRESS — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction in australia and new zealand in belgium in canada in czechoslovakia in england yiddish press in france in germany and austria between the two world wars after world war ii… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… … Universalium
GREECE — (Heb. יָוָן, Yavan), country in S.E. Europe. SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (TO 330 C.E.) Although the earliest known Jews on the Greek mainland are to be found only from the third century B.C.E., it is highly probable that Jews traveled or were forcibly… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
History of the Jews of Thessaloniki — Main article: History of the Jews in Greece Jewish family of Salonika in 1917 … Wikipedia
RECANATI, ABRAHAM SAMUEL — (1888–1980), Greek Zionist and journalist. A member of the recanati family, Abraham Samuel was born and educated in Salonika. He wrote in the local Jewish Judeo Spanish press. In the Balkan wars, as a correspondent for the Jewish Chronicle and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
UZIEL, BARUCH — (1900–1977), educator, lawyer, folklorist, and politician. Born and educated in Salonika, Uziel helped to found the youth organization Maḥzikei Ivrit whose goal was to spread the Hebrew language in the spirit of the haskalah . In his home, he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISTANBUL — ISTANBUL, city in N.W. turkey , on both sides of the Bosphorus at its entrance on the Sea of Marmara (for history prior to 1453, see constantinople ). Constantinople was taken from the Byzantine emperor in 1453 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
