Education and Medicine
![Doctoral Diploma for Menaḥem ben Natan Azar. 1v](https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/files/fullsize/5d7abcf77667f290a31e2d3361f71978.jpg)
Doctoral Diploma for Menahem di Natan Azzar from the Colleges of Padua and Venice
Italy, 1761
CUL MS X893.19 Az9
![Doctoral Diploma for Menaḥem ben Natan Azar. 2r](https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/files/fullsize/d3556bd8d688534b2338f8b91c44d7f1.jpg)
Doctoral Diploma for Menahem di Natan Azzar from the Colleges of Padua and Venice
Italy, 1761
CUL MS X893.19 Az9
![Surgeon's Diploma for Menaḥem ben Natan Azar. Broadside](https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/files/fullsize/9b207a3f63841fd404724ea818b47245.jpg)
Surgeon Diploma of Menahem di Natan Azzar from the Colleges of Padua and Venice
Italy, 1761
CUL MS X893.19 Az9
![Poem in honor of Jacob ben mordechai ha-Cohen graduation from medical school](https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/files/fullsize/5c0c4a8dc63776ed985dfd1bd781d339.jpg)
Poem in honor of Jacob ben mordechai ha-Cohen graduation from medical school
Corfu, 1762
JTS 9027 v.5:5
Unlike in many other cities in Europe, there were no official limitations in Corfu as to who was allowed to engage in certain professions. As such, there were many Jews who worked as doctors, lawyers, and in other fields. The first two documents are (1) an illustrated medical diploma for Menahem ben Natan Azzar and (2) a printed - and filled in - diploma certifying the same Menahem as a surgeon, from the Colleges of Padua and Venice. The illustrated diploma has been digitized in its entirety, and is available here. In 1762, Simha (Simone) Calimani composed and printed a poem celebrating the occasion of Jacob ben Mordehai ha-Cohen's graduation from the medical school in Padua.
![Discorsi recitati nell'occasione dell'apertura del Nuovo Istituto d'Educazione pegl'Israeliti di Corfu, il giorno 17 Aprile, MDCCCXLIII. Title page](https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/files/fullsize/fd9b2f0ccd451c9b83354fa9a85dee10.jpg)
Discorsi recitati nell'occasione dell'apertura del Nuovo Istituto d'Educazione pegl'Israeliti di Corfù
(Speeches recited on the occasion of the opening of the New Institute of Education for the Jews of Corfu)
Corfu, April 17, 1843
CUL LC775.K47 D5 1843g
This pamphlet transcribes lectures given by Cesare Usiglio and Abramo Leone de Semo upon the opening of a new Jewish school in Corfu. The school was formed by a committee with representatives of both the Italian and the Greek communities. The syllabus included Hebrew, Italian, math, writing, and job training.