Thessaloniki Jewry - Postcards. Early 20th century

Thessaloniki Jewry - Postcards. Early 20th century

10 postcards depicting Thessaloniki Jews in traditional costumes, early 20th century. Jewish publishers: Pessah & Cohen, Albert Nissim, and Joshua Saul [Jacques Saul ] And others. (In Thessaloniki there was a widespread movement of Jewish postcards in the early 20th century when there were around 30 different publishers dealing with Jewish postcards in the city).

Postcards: Jewish merchants, a Jewish family, a group photograph of the 'village girls', a postcard showing the Thessaloniki Rabbi Ya'akov Meir [ in the years 1908-1921], come to represent the Jewish community in the city at an event held on Greek Independence Day, and more.

In Saloniki, called by the Jews of Salonika, a large Jewish community existed for hundreds of years. After the expulsion from Spain, tens of thousands of Jews arrived in Salonika and settled there, turning it into the largest and largest Sephardic Jewish center. On Saturdays the city was almost completely occupied, including the port, because of the Jewish majority. At the end of the 18th century, its unique weight made it one of the cities with the largest Jewish community in the world. The city's Jews developed the city in terms of commerce, industry, banking, and the like. Between the 16th and 18th centuries the city became a center of Torah and Jewish culture.

Overall condition very good.