5/31/2018
קדושין
Kidushin
Guadalajara Atlantic Coast
TALMUD
1482
Talmud printed in Sephardic fashion, without Tosafot 4
טור אורח חיים
Tur Orah Hayim
Hijar Atlantic Coast
PRINT HISTORY
1485
First use of a printers' mark in a Hebrew book 4
1 5/31/2018
משלי
Mishle w/Radak
Lisbon Atlantic Coast
BIBLE
1482
Early example of distinct fonts for Bible and commentary 4
אבודרהם
Abudarham
Lisbon Atlantic Coast
LITURGY
1490
First commentary printed in life of author
4
2 5/31/2018
סדר עולם זוטא
Chronologia Hebraeorum maior
Paris Atlantic Coast
HISTORY
1572 Latin translation of Seder ‘Olam for Christian use 4
De accentibus…linguae Hebraicae
De accentibus et orthographia linguae Hebraicae
Hagenau (Alsace) Atlantic Coast
GRAMMAR
1518
Reuchlin on Hebrew 2
3 5/31/2018
Vetus Testamentu[m] multiplici lingua
Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Alcalá de Henares Atlantic Coast
BIBLE
1514-1517
1st complete polyglot Bible 3
תנ"ך
Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim
Paris Atlantic Coast
BIBLE
1539-1544
Printed by the Estienne Press, known for its beauty 3
4 5/31/2018
Historia de’ riti hebraici
Rita hebraici
Paris Atlantic Coast
RITUAL
1637
First vernacular description of Judaism by a Jew for a non-Jewish audience 3
Hope of Israel
Hope of Israel
London Atlantic Coast
APOLOGETICS
1650
First English translation of Mikveh Yisrael
2
5 5/31/2018
Bay Psalm Book
Bay Psalm Book
Cambridge Atlantic Coast
BIBLE
1640
First example of Hebrew in the New world (block print) 6
To His Highnesse the Lord Protector…
To His Highnesse the Lord Protector…
London Atlantic Coast
GOVERNMENT
1655
Led to Jews being officially allowed back into England 2
6 5/31/2018
Dickdook leshon gnebreet
Hebrew Textbook
Cambridge, USA Atlantic Coast
GRAMMAR
1735
First book using Hebrew type in America
3
Evening Service of Roshashanah
Translation of the Prayerbook
New York, USA Atlantic Coast
LITURGY
1761
One of the first imprints for Jews in the New World 4
7 5/31/2018
סדר הקונטיריס
Seder ha-kunteres
Avignon Atlantic Coast
LITURGY
1765
Prayers for year according to the unique rite of the Comtat Venaissin 2
סדר תפלה על המרד באמריקה
Seder Tefilah ‘al ha-Mered be-Amerikah
London Atlantic Coast
LITURGY
1776
Prayer regarding the “rebellion” in America
3
8 5/31/2018
The twenty-four books of the Holy Scriptures Hebrew Bible in English
Philadelphia Atlantic Coast
BIBLE
1853
Important translation of the Bible by Isaac Leeser
1
Catalogus librorum hebraeorum
Catalogus librorum hebraeorum in bibliotheca Bodleiana
Berlin Atlantic Coast
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1852-1860
First “modern” bibliography 1
9 5/31/2018
תפילת ישרים קריאי העדה אנשי שם סנהדרין
Prière des membres du Sanhèdrin
Paris Atlantic Coast
GOVERNMENT
1807
Publication by the Sanhedrin (convened by Napoleon) 2
סדור שפתי צדיקים
Form of prayers…
Philadelphia Atlantic Coast
1837
LITURGY
1st siddur in America (Portuguese rite, translation) 1
10 5/31/2018
Liber Chronicarum
Nuremberg Chronicle
Nuremberg Germanic
ANTISEMITISM
1493
Includes woodcut illustration of the Jews murdering Simon of Trent 3
De antiquitate Judaica
Jewish Antiquities
Augsburg Germanic
HISTORY
1470
First Josephus imprint 4
11 5/31/2018
Errores Judaeorum ex Talmud extracti
Errores Judaeorum ex Talmud extracti
Augsberg Germanic
ANTISEMITISM
Before 1473
Christian work on the errors in the Talmud 3
In aller übung der vernunft
Contra perfidos Judaeos (German)
Esslingen Germanic
ANTISEMITISM
1477
Contains a short Hebrew grammar, with woodcut Hebrew types 3
12 5/31/2018
Portae Lucis
שערי אורה
Augsburg Germanic
KABBALAH
1516
Printed by Christian Hebraists (Latin)
3
הגדה
Hagadah
Prague Germanic
HAGADAH
1526
Earliest illustrated hagadah, standard for future illustrated hagadot 3
13 5/31/2018
ספר מידות
Sefer midot [Orhot tsadikim]
Izny Germanic
ETHICS
1542
First ed., book of mussar, in Yiddish 2
Genoa Psalterium
Polyglot Psalms (Arabic, Greek, Hebrew)
Geneva Germanic
BIBLE
1516
First Polyglot portion of the Bible
3
14 5/31/2018
שפתי ישנים
Sifte Yeshenim
Amsterdam Germanic
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1680
First bibliography written by a Jew
2
צאינה וראינה
Tsenerene
Hanau Germanic
WOMEN
1622
First extant edition. Yiddish translation of the Bible 3
15 5/31/2018
הגדה
Hagadah
Amsterdam Germanic
ART
1695
First hagadah to include copper engravings and a map 2
Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Tractatus theologico-politicus
Hamburg Germanic
PHILOSOPHY
1670
Spinoza’s major work; he had been excommunicated nearly 15 years earlier 3
16 5/31/2018
חמשה חומשי תורה... רש"י והרשב"ם
Rashbam’s commentary on Torah
Berlin Germanic
BIBLE
1705
Printed from ms owned by Oppenheim (collector impacting production) 2
Céŕemonies et coutumes religieuses
Religious Ceremonies
Amsterdam Germanic
ART
1723-1743
Extensive illustrations of the religions of the world; section on Judaism 3
17 5/31/2018
מסילת ישרים
Mesilat Yesharim
Amsterdam Germanic
ETHICS
1740
Ethical text by philosopher Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto 2
ספר נתיבות השלום
Sefer Netivot ha-shalom
Berlin Germanic
BIBLE
1783
Moses Mendelsohn’s commentary on the Bible
3
18 5/31/2018
מחזור מנהג פולין
Mahzor minhag Polin
Rodelheim Germanic
LITURGY
1800-1803
Wolf Heidenheim was an important publisher of liturgy in clear format 2
Neunzehn Briefe über Judenthum
Nineteen Letters about Judaism
Altona Germanic
PHILOSOPHY
1836
Sampson Raphael Hirsch’s corpus on neo- Orthodoxy 1
19 5/31/2018
Der Judenstaat
Der Judenstaat
Leipzig Germanic
ZIONISM
1896
Herzl's seminal work on The Jewish State
2
מעלה בית חורין
Hagadah
Vienna Germanic
ART
1801
Illustrated Hagadah with Yiddish 1
20 5/31/2018
מורה נבוכים
Moreh nevukhim
Rome Islamic World
PHILOSOPHY
1473-1475
First work of Jewish philosophy to be printed
3
ברוך אתה בבואך
Barukh atah be-vo'ekha…
Cairo Islamic World
PRINT HISTORY
c. 1400
Earliest example of printed Hebrew (block print on paper), found in Cairo Geniza 6
21 5/31/2018
ארבעה טורים
Arba’ah turim
Constantinople Islamic World
LAW
1493
First book printed in any language in Ottoman Empire 4
הקאנון
Canon of Medicine
Naples Islamic World
MEDICINE
1492
Hebrew translation of Avicenna’s medical work
4
22 5/31/2018
עקדת יצחק
‘Akedat Yitshak
Salonika Islamic World
BIBLE
1522
Sermons on the Pentateuch; very popular among Sephardi Jews in Salonika 3
מדרש תהלים
Midrash Tehilim
Salonika Islamic World
RABBINICS
1515
One of the first Salonika imprints
3
23 5/31/2018
קהלת יעקב
Kehilat Ya'akov
Safed Islamic World
PRINT HISTORY
1578
One of the first imprints in the Holy Land
3
אבודרהם
Abudarham
Fez Islamic World
LITURGY
1517
Second book printed on African continent
3
24 5/31/2018
שארית יהודה
She'erit Yehuda
Salonika Islamic World
LAW
1600
Commentary on the Shulhan Arukh
2
הליכות אלי
Halikhot Eli
Izmir Islamic World
HISTORY
1662
The author was forced to flee Izmir because he opposed Sabbatai Zevi 2
25 5/31/2018
Bab Musi = Porta Mosis
Perush ha-Mishna
Oxford Islamic World
LAW
1654
First Judeo-Arabic imprint. Maimonides’ commentary on the Mishna 1
כסף נבחר
Kesef Nivhar
Damascus Islamic World
PRINT HISTORY
1605
First book printed in Syria; no printing again in Damascus until the 20th century 3
26 5/31/2018
תורת חיים
Torat Hayim
Salonika Islamic World
LITURGY
1713-1722
1st book to include responsa for New World (includes prayer for rain in Brazil) 2
מעם לועז
Me-'am Lo’ez
Constantinople Islamic World
BIBLE
1730
Ladino commentary on the Pentateuch; beginning of Ladino revival 2
27 5/31/2018
חק לישראל
Hok le-Yisra’el
Cairo Islamic World
PRINT HISTORY
1740
One of the earliest books printed in Egypt
2
זרע יצחק
Zera' Yitshak
Tunis Islamic World
PRINT HISTORY
1768
First book printed in Tunisia
2
28 5/31/2018
פרק אבות
Perek Avot
Bombay Islamic World
PRINT HISTORY
1822
Hebrew and Arabic in Hebrew characters. (Lithograph) 2
סדר הבדלה בלערבי
Seder Havdala bil-'Arabi
Algiers Islamic World
LITURGY
1853
Judeo-Arabic for a Jewish audience
2
29 5/31/2018
שבחי ר׳ חיים ויטאל
Shivhe R. Hayim Vital
Baghdad Islamic World
KABBALAH
1866
Beginning of Baghdad press
1
פאת השלחן
Pe’at ha-Shulhan
Safed Islamic World
LAW
1836
Compendium of Maimonides’ Laws relating to living in the Holy Land 2
30 5/31/2018
TITLE
TITLE IN ENGLISH
CITY, COUNTRY
GENRE
14**
CREDITS
TITLE
TITLE IN ENGLISH
CITY, COUNTRY
GENRE
14**
CREDITS
31 5/31/2018
TITLE
TITLE IN ENGLISH
CITY, COUNTRY
GENRE
14**
CREDITS
TITLE
TITLE IN ENGLISH
CITY, COUNTRY
GENRE
14**
CREDITS
32 5/31/2018
מרכבת המשנה
Mirkevet ha-Mishnah
Cracow Eastern Europe
YIDDISH
1535
Early Cracow imprint; includes Yiddish
2
זאת תורת החטאת
Zot torat ha-Hatat
Cracow Eastern Europe
LAW
1570
First halakhic work of the Rama
3
33 5/31/2018
מסכת עבודה זרה
Masekhet ‘Avodah zarah
Cracow Eastern Europe
TALMUD
1580
Printed in Poland because banned/censored in Western Europe. 2
שולחן ערוך עם הגהות הרמ"א
Shulhan ‘Arukh
Crakow Eastern Europe
LAW
1578
With the commentary of the Rama, uniting Ashkenazi and Sephardi halakha 3
34 5/31/2018
מסכת פורים
Masekhet Purim
Crakow Eastern Europe
YIDDISH
1640
Yiddish parody
2
דת יקותיאל
Dat Yekuti’el
Zolkiew Eastern Europe
LITERATURE
1696
Poetic account of the 613 Mitsvot
2
35 5/31/2018
שערי אורה
Sha’are orah
Cracow Eastern Europe
KABBALAH
1600
Kabbalah; last edition of this work for over 100 years 2
לב טוב
Lev Tov
Cracow Eastern Europe
ETHICS
1641
Ethical work printed in Yiddish
3
36 5/31/2018
תולדות יעקב יוסף
Toldot Ya’akov Yosef
Korets Eastern Europe
HASSIDUT
1780
Primary work of teachings of Ba'al Shem Tov. First edition 3
צפנת פענח
Tsafnat Pa’neah
Korets Eastern Europe
HASSIDUT
1782
Written by student of the Ba’al Shem Tov; works were burned by Mitnagdim 3
37 5/31/2018
סדר התפלה
Seder ha-tefila 'al derekh ha-sod
Zolkiew Eastern Europe
KABBALAH
1781
First complete Ashkenazi Siddur with Lurianic prayers. 2
כתר שם טוב
Keter Shem Tov
Zolkiew Eastern Europe
HASSIDUT
1794-1795
First anthology of the teachings of the Ba’al Shem Tov 2
38 5/31/2018
שבחי הבעש"ט
Shivhe ha-Besht
Laszczow Eastern Europe
HASSIDUT
1815
Hagiographic collection of stories about the Ba’al Shem Tov 2
משנה ברורה
Mishnah Berurah
Warsaw Eastern Europe
LAW
1884
"Modern" code of law, written as gloss on the Shulhan ‘Arukh 1
39 5/31/2018
דאס מעסער'ל
Dos meser’l
St. Petersberg Eastern Europe
YIDDISH
1886
Early work of Sholem Aleichem, who would become world-famous for his Yiddish works 1
חטאת נעורים
Hat’ot Ne’urim
Vienna/Warsaw Eastern Europe
PHILOSOPHY
1876-1899
Maskilic literature
1
40 5/31/2018
בחינת עולם
Behinat 'Olam
Mantua Italy
WOMEN
1474
Arranged and printed by Estellina Conat, first book printed by a woman 5
משל הקדמוני
Meshal ha-Kadmoni
Brescia Italy
ART
1491
First Hebrew illustrated book.
4
41 5/31/2018
תלמוד: ברכות
Talmud Bavli: Masekhet Berakhot
Soncino Italy
TALMUD
1483
First Talmud with modern layout (Rashi + Tosafot) 4
ערוך
‘Arukh
Rome Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1469-71
Lexicon of Talmudic and Midrashic Terms; one of the very first Hebrew books ever printed 4
42 5/31/2018
משנה תורה
Mishneh Torah
Venice Italy
LAW
1551
Created a feud between two printers, involved pope, led to the burning of the Talmud in 1553 2
תלמוד
Talmud Bavli
Venice Italy
TALMUD
1523
First complete edition of the Babylonian Talmud
6
43 5/31/2018
זוהר
Zohar
Mantua Italy
KABBALAH
1558
First edition of the Zohar
3
ספר מנהגים
Sefer Minhagim
Venice Italy
YIDDISH
1589
Illustrated book of Jewish customs. Written in Yiddish 3
44 5/31/2018
ילקוט שמעוני
Yalkut Shim’oni
Livorno Italy
MIDRASH
1649
One of the first books printed at Livorno
2
שירים אשר לשלמה
Shirim asher li-Shelomoh
Venice Italy
MUSIC
1623
First polyphonic Hebrew printed music. Maybe first Hebrew printed music at all 3
45 5/31/2018
יבין מצולה
Yeven Metsulah
Venice Italy
HISTORY
1653
Detailed description of the horrors of the Chmielnicki massacres 2
בית יהודה
Bet Yehudah
Venice Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1634-1635
Author writes about the attacks on printers by the Inquisition 1
46 5/31/2018
Estos son los perakim
Pirke Avot
Venice Italy
LADINO
1707
Includes Ladino in Roman characters
1
מעשה טוביה
Ma'aseh Tuviyah
Venice Italy
MEDICINE
1707
Medical book including many illustrations
2
47 5/31/2018
ספר הרשב"ש
Sefer ha-Rashbash
Livorno Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1742
Haskamot detail printer's efforts to get permission to re-establish printing in Livorno 1
מנחת ש"י
Minhat Shai
Mantua Italy
BIBLE
1742-44
A critical Masoretic commentary on the Bible, based on manuscripts and print editions 2
48 5/31/2018
הגדה
Trieste Hagadah
Trieste Italy
PRINT HISTORY
1864
Only early Hagadah to include lithography (58 original engravings) 2
ויכוח על חכמת הקבלה
Viku’ah ‘al Hokhmat ha-Kabbalah
Gorizia Italy
KABBALAH
1852
Samuel David Luzzatto’s controversial work condemning Kabbalah 1
49 5/31/2018
מבוא למחזור בני רומא
Mavo le-mahzor bene Roma
Livorno Italy
LITURGY
1856
Historical/Critical introduction to the Mahzor
1
תולדות גדולי ישראל
Toldot Gedole Yisrael
Trieste Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1853
Mordekhai Ghirondi’s extension of Graziadio Nepi’s Zekher Zadikim; yielded an unprecedented biographical dictionary of important Jews 1
50 5/31/2018
1492
Christopher Columbus uses Abraham Zakuto's tables for his travels 5
1444
Davin de Caderouse (a Jew) collaborates with Waldvogel on "ars scribendi artificialiter" (art of artificial writing) in Avignon 5
51 5/31/2018
1487
First printer in Portugal was a Jew (Samuel Porteiro, Faro) 5
1492
Jews expelled from Spain
CHANCE
52 5/31/2018
1531
Beginning of the Inquisition in Portugal to identify crypto-Jews 4
1596-1599
Merchant of Venice produced, portraying Shylock as a stereotypical Jew 4
53 5/31/2018
1525
Negotiations of shtadlan Yosef Yoselman save Jews of Alsace during Peasants War 4
1550
Henry II gives letters patent to New Christians, allowing them to live in France CHANCE
54 5/31/2018
1664
Charles II grants formal statement of toleration of Jews in England 1
1656
Menasseh ben Israel begins printing activity in England 1
55 5/31/2018
1654
Portugal occupies Recife; Jews flee to New Amsterdam
1
1640
Bay Psalm Book includes Hebrew characters CHANCE
56 5/31/2018
1776
American Revolution: New USA allows for citizenship regardless of religion 2
1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man (France) implies equal rights to Jews 2
57 5/31/2018
1791
National Assembly (France) grants equal rights to Jews of Alcase and Lorraine; completes French Jews’ emancipation 2
1753
Jewish Naturalization Act (England) is announced and repealed due to violent opposition CHANCE
58 5/31/2018
1860
Alliance Israelite Universelle established in France
1
1824
First Reform congregation established in America in Charleston, SC 1
59 5/31/2018
1827
Moses Montifiore begins his travels and philanthropy
1
1807
Napoleon convenes the Sanhedrin
CHANCE
60 5/31/2018
1440s
Jewish financiers from Einheim loan money to Gutenberg for his press 3
1450
John Capistrano begins preaching against Jews, leading to persecutions and expulsions 3
61 5/31/2018
1450
Samuel and Simon Soncino leave Furth for Italy, (they settled in Soncino in 1454) 3
1434
Council of Basel renews and increases legislation against the Jews (such as distinctive clothing) CHANCE
62 5/31/2018
1512
First Hebrew press founded in Prague by Gershom Kohen
2
1510
Host desecration libel against Jews in Brandenburg
2
63 5/31/2018
1595
Jews begin settling in Amsterdam
2
1543
Martin Luther prints "On the Jews and Their Lies," sparking anti-Jewish hatred that would last for centuries CHANCE
64 5/31/2018
1656
Spinoza is excommunicated in Amsterdam
CHANCE
1657
Dutch Republic announces that Jews should be considered full citizens abroad and not be restricted 1
65 5/31/2018
1691
Glikl of Hamlen begins writing her memoirs
1
1627
Menasseh ben Israel is the first Jew to print Hebrew in Amsterdam 1
66 5/31/2018
1784-1811
Ha-me'asef printed in Germany (Hebrew literature and Haskalah)
5
1700s
Jews active selling books at Frankfurt Book Fair
5
67 5/31/2018
1783
Moses Mendelssohn publishes his “Biur” 5
1703
Oppenheim Library moves to Hanover, opens to visitors
CHANCE
68 5/31/2018
1897
First World Zionist Congress held in Basel, Switzerland
4
1867
Fran’s Joseph I gives Jews in Hapsburg Empire equal rights
4
69 5/31/2018
1810
Israel Jacobson introduces an organ into the synagogue
4
1851
Sampson Raphael Hirsch becomes rabbi in Frankfurt
4
70 5/31/2018
1426
Ashenazi Jews, expelled from their lands, begin migrating to the Ottoman Empire 2
1492
Bayezid II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire, invites Spanish refugees to his lands 2
71 5/31/2018
1481
Meshullam of Valterra travels to Palestine; writes detailed narrative of inhabitants 2
1493
Arba'ah Turim is the first book printed in the Ottoman Empire CHANCE
72 5/31/2018
1553
Dona Gracia Mendes settles in Constantinople, where she will establish a huge network supporting conversos 1
1570
Isaac Luria leads the Kabbalists in Safed 1
73 5/31/2018
1516
Ottomans conquer Palestine
1
1538
Re-introduction of formal Semikha by Yaakov Berav in Safed
CHANCE
74 5/31/2018
1620s
Shene Luhot Ha- berit written in Jerusalem
CHANCE
1661
Jews in Persia allowed to practice Judaism openly
5
75 5/31/2018
1679
Jews of Yemen expelled to the province of Mawza; many would die en route 5
1666
Shabbetai Tsevi converts to Islam
5
76 5/31/2018
1790 James Bruce publishes travelogue including details on the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews) 4
1702 Decree against Jews wearing same clothing as Muslims in Ottoman Empire (required to wear black)
4
77 5/31/2018
1721 Ashkenazic Jews expelled from Jerusalem; synagogue of students of Yehuda ha-Hasid destroyed (Hurva) 4
1730 Janissary massacres in Istanbul, Salonika, Izmir, and other cities kill many Jews CHANCE
78 5/31/2018
1878
Petah Tikva established – first new settlement in the modern era 3
1835
Hahkam Bashi (Chief Rabbi) given jurisdiction over all Jews in the Ottoman Empire
3
79 5/31/2018
1840
Damascus Blood Libel
3
1842
Buena Esperanza, first weekly in Ladino, is published in Izmir CHANCE
80 5/31/2018
1453
Casimir IV Jagello confirms the privileges of the Jews in the Kingdom of Poland 4
1495
Jews expelled from Lithuania due to a fear of "Judaizing"
4
81 5/31/2018
1453
South Poland rises as a commercial center after fall of Constantinople, bringing Jews 4
1494
Jacob Pollack founds yeshiva in Cracow CHANCE
82 5/31/2018
1580
Earliest record of the Va'ad Arba Aratsot 3
1530
First Hebrew book printed in Poland (Cracow, Torah) CHANCE
83 5/31/2018
1559
First printing of Talmud in Poland (Lublin); Talmud printing moves east due to Church censorship
3
1537
Jews boycott Cracow press because owners convert to Christianity; king breaks the boycott 3
84 5/31/2018
1648
Chmielnicki massacres; tens of thousands of Jews killed
2
1650
First record of hazzanut in Eastern Europe
2
85 5/31/2018
1654-1656
Muscovite and Swedish invasions of Poland kill Jews as armies sweep through 2
1692
Establishment of Hebrew press in Zolkiew (Poland)
CHANCE
86 5/31/2018
1734
Ba'al Shem Tov begins teaching publicly
1
1772
Debate between Hassidim and Mitnagdim in Shklov
1
87 5/31/2018
1759
Frankist debates and mass baptism
1
1764
Va'ad Arba Aratsot abolished by the Sejm
CHANCE
88 5/31/2018
1884
Publication of the Mishnah Berurah
5
1849
Rabbi Israel Salinger founds the Mussar movement in Kovno
5
89 5/31/2018
1836
Rivalry over publication of the Talmud leads to closure of many presses in the Russian Empire
5
1885
Strashun Library bequeathed to Vilna Jewish community
CHANCE
90 5/31/2018
1487 The Agur is the first book printed in the life of its author and the first to include haskamot (Naples) 1
1475
The first dated Hebrew book (Rashi on the Torah) is produced in Reggio di Calabria 1
91 5/31/2018
1469-1471
Hebrew books are printed for the first time ever, at Rome
1
1475
Simon of Trent blood libel; would be illustrated in the Nuremberg chronicle CHANCE
92 5/31/2018
1565
Rama’s Ashkenazi halakhic work printed as gloss to Sefaradi Shulhan 'Arukh; only possible because of print 5
1553
Pope orders the burning of the Talmud throughout Italy 5
93 5/31/2018
1566
Pope authorizes printing of "non- offensive" Hebrew books; beginning of censorship
5
1520
Daniel Bomberg begins printing the first complete edition of the Talmud in Venice CHANCE
94 5/31/2018
1630
Mantua sacked by German troops; Jews expelled
4
1698
Roman community declared bankrupt
4
95 5/31/2018
1612
Salamone [de Rossi] invited to play at the ducal court in Mirandola
4
1645
Yedidiah, son of Isaac ben Solomon Gabbay receives a privativa to print Jewish books in Livorno CHANCE
96 5/31/2018
1767
First communal library established in Italy (at Mantua)
3
1782
Naftali Herz Wessely sends Divre shalom ve-emet to Italy in an attempt to spread his Maskilik ideals 3
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1767
Napoleon announces emancipation of Italian Jews 3
1767
New regulations break the monopoly on Hebrew printing in Tuscany CHANCE
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1852
First Jewish periodical in Italy: L’Educatore Israelita 2
1870
End of Papal dominion in Rome completes Jewish emancipation in Italy 2
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1848
Unification of Italy leads to emancipation of most Jews; demolition of the ghetto walls in Rome 2
1815
With Napolean’s defeat, Jews sent back to ghettos
CHANCE
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Forgery
Discard your newest book. Chance
Theft
Discard your most valuable book. Chance
101 5/31/2018
Disaster
Delete the last two books you Chance acquired.
Occupation
Give the country to your left all your Chance books.
102 5/31/2018
Debt
Allow other countries to bid on Chance your most valuable book.
Reparations
Give the poorest country in the Chance game any books you have from their nation.
103 5/31/2018
Deaccession
Discard any books not in a completed Chance collection.
Budget
You are not allowed to buy any Chance books in the next turn.
104 5/31/2018
Preservation
Discard your oldest book. Chance
Lost
Discard your least valuable book. Chance
105 5/31/2018
Donor
Obtain any two books still on the Chance market for free.
Discovery
Acquire the most valuable book on Chance the market for free.
106 5/31/2018
Grant
Add a credit to your collections Chance budget.
Book Collector
The country to your left gives you Chance one of their completed collections.
107 5/31/2018
Anniversary
Acquire a one credit book from Chance the market for free.
Interlibrary Loan
Acquire any book from another Chance country’s holdings for free.
108 5/31/2018
Curator
Create a new collection by Chance obtaining two books from the market for free.
Dealer
Decide if you want to buy any of the Chance books on the market for a one credit discount.
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Friends of the Library
Add five credits to your collections Chance budget.
Fundraiser
Add three credits to your collections Chance budget.
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Censor
Remove one book from your Chance collection.
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