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Flat Bush, Saturday, 10 o’c[lock]., August 10th, [17]’81
My dear Abby: [ . . . ]
[ . . . ] By the by, few N.York ladies know how to entertain company in their own houses unless they introduce the card…
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Rebecca Franks
Places:
Flatbush, United States of America
Date:
1781
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After an absence of many years, I returned to Alsace in November 1856, in response to the invitation of an old friend. During this first and short visit, I was greatly moved in recovering all the…
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Auguste Widal (Daniel Stauben)
Places:
Paris, French Republic
(Alsace, France)
Date:
1849–1853
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[May] your mornings [be] blessed,
[May] your life [be] long,
[May] your enemies [be] shrouded, dead,
[May] your [hot] breakfasts [be] poured, cooled.
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The Jews of Zakho, Kurdistan
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Zakho, Ottoman Empire
(Zakho, Iraq)
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17th Century
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When I try to think which game I like the most, I usually think of make-believe acting games. Even if they’re without masks, funny clothes, or old shoes with wrinkled tongues. Even if there’s no…
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Uzzi Ben Cnaan
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1979
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Sally and her friends were in the playhouse in Sally’s backyard. It wasn’t a baby kind of playhouse for dolls. It was a big sturdy house that her father and Douglas had built. It was painted white…
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Judy Blume
Date:
1977
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And around us loomed the mountains, various heights, various shapes, squeezed together or clambering atop one another. Some were terrifying with their rugged lines, some were soft and delicate like a…
Contributor:
Hersh Dovid Nomberg
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1908
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To make chocolate, coffee, and milk you will need the following utensils:
A pan, galvanized on the inside, or a saucepan made of coarse tinned zinc with two iron…
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Ephraim Raskin
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1912
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So what do storytellers do? The ones I like operate more or less like tribal witchdoctors.
Here is a little story for you. Nine thousand six hundred and six years ago, in a…
Contributor:
Amos Oz
Places:
Huldah, Israel
Date:
1972
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We will compose a little book that will also serve as an amusement when, in ten years’ time, we want to look back into the past and observe what we lived through. All people have a weakness for…
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Emanuele Levi
Places:
Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia
(Asti, Italy)
Date:
1822–1823
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Black ants crawl over nicotine-stained fingertips
dipping a mint leaf into the glass.
The alcohol dismantles Abd al-Wahab’s
“Cleopatra.”
Now all is clear
solo violin
solo flute
solo oud
we’re…
Contributor:
Ronny Someck
Places:
Ramat Gan, Israel
Date:
1973