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Ottoman Empire
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Jews and Coffee: A Love Story Brewing for Centuries
Jewish merchants helped introduce coffee to Europe, Jewish café culture shaped intellectual life from Vienna to Tel Aviv, and Israeli iced coffee has become a global phenomenon. The Jewish love affair with coffee is older and deeper than you think.
Jews of Turkey: Five Hundred Years from Refuge to Resilience
When Spain expelled its Jews in 1492, the Ottoman Sultan welcomed them. For five centuries, Turkish Jews preserved Ladino, built grand synagogues, and navigated the shift from empire to republic. Today, about 15,000 remain.
Shabbetai Tzvi: The False Messiah Who Shook the Jewish World
In 1665, a charismatic Turkish Jew named Shabbetai Tzvi proclaimed himself the Messiah — and the majority of world Jewry believed him. His conversion to Islam shattered the movement and left wounds that shaped Jewish history for centuries. Explore the rise and fall of history's most consequential false messiah.