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Poverty and welfare among the Portuguese Jews in early modern Amsterdam / Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld.

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Main Author: Levie Bernfeld, Tirtsah, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, Or. : Littman library of Jewish civilization, 2012.
Subjects:
Jews > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History.
Jews > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Economic conditions.
Jews > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Charities.
Poor > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Poverty > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Setting the scene
  • 2. Migration of the poor
  • 3. Demographic outline
  • 4. The organization of welfare
  • 5. Financing charity
  • 6. The motives behind charity
  • 7. The daily life of the poor
  • 8. Epilogue.

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