Jewish Almanac, Amsterdam, 1837

This is a pocket-sized almanac published in Amsterdam in 1837, designed for use by Dutch Jewish merchants traveling internationally. The almanac is in Dutch, with months, holidays, and festivals listed in Hebrew transliterated into Latin script. It includes lists of Dutch synagogues and rabbis, a chronicle of Jewish history (including the Spanish Expulsion and the establishment of Jewish communities in England, Surinam, and Holland), biographies of notable figures such as Moses Mendelssohn, information on the princes and princesses of the House of Orange-Nassau, essays, and practical travel information.

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