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צידון

Region: Liban (côte sud)

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Sidon (Saïda) is a Phoenician port in southern Lebanon, one of the oldest cities in the world. A Jewish presence is documented there since Antiquity and mentioned in Talmudic sources as an important commercial center for Jews of Palestine.

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This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Sidon (Saïda) give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

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