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When I crossed the ocean, I carried with me the habit of speaking to the shadows, and it became my way of life. I look up at the stars that were extinguished long ago. For me they still shine with the…
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Blume Lempel
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1970
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Taking a leaf from the role of learning amongst many Modern/Centrist Zionist Orthodox Jews, adult Jewish study should become a permanent feature of the Jewish home everywhere, whereby adults are…
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Alvin I. Schiff
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1999
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I had not tasted anything all day long. I had made no preparations on Sabbath eve, so I had nothing to eat on the Sabbath. At that time I was on my own. My wife and children were abroad, and I had…
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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1933
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Rumors of my grandfather’s plan to depart for Palestine reached his wife and children shortly after the Russian revolution of 1905. [ . . . ]
The…
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Ita Kalish
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New York City, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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1965
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Translated by Noa Stollman.
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Etgar Keret
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Somerville, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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2000
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“When I get papa out of jail, we’ll join you. We’ll meet at Strasbourg, don’t worry,” Mama said.
When Alex heard about the entire matter, he said: “No, I don’t want to go. I want Mama.”
Alex was very…
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Ruth Almog
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New York City, United States of America
(Bnei Brak, Israel)
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1999
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Savta, grandma,
could it be our transparent skin,
skin that doesn’t protect the flesh,
not in the least.
This story of ours
has details that are better left untold,
it’s good to leave blots of…
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Dahlia Ravikovitch
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New York, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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1986
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It was taken on Saturday, March 20, 1937, in the town of Swienciany, which lies on the Polish border with Lithuania approximately 50 miles northeast of Vilna. Nine girls and two boys, together with…
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Avner Holtzman
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New York City, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
2002