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The woman in charge came out of the children’s house and stationed herself on the grass, holding an infant in each arm. Children stood behind and in front of her, waiting for their parents, who were…
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S. Y. Agnon
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1971
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If, after you have entered the land that the Lord your God has assigned to you, and taken possession of it and settled in it, you decide, “I will set a king over me, as do all the nations about me,”…
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Weary from the journey, confused by what she was seeing, shaken by the vicissitudes of the day, and straining to repress her rage, which was getting away from her in spite of herself—and always…
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Savyon Liebrecht
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Bnei Brak, Israel
Date:
1986
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My parents had been married for five years when I was born, the second child after my sister, and, as far back as I can remember, I never heard them quarreling. It is possible that they…
Contributor:
Sasson Somekh
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2003
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Hannah the blind woman was told before her wedding that her future husband was a widower in the tobacco business; at first they also assured her that this widower had been left with no…
Contributor:
Jacob Steinberg
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Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1922
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This is a night of vigil for me,
in the shudder of my soul
I shall conceal
the secret of my youth.
I shall stand on guard:
No sleep nor slumber!
And in just one moment
the veil was taken away.
A…
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Bat-Hamah
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1954
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My sister sits happy
at her bridegroom’s table. She does not cry.
My sister will do no such thing:
what would people say!
My sister sits happy
at her bridegroom’s table. Her heart is awake.
The…
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Abba Kovner
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1967
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She is sitting silently. Zvi looks out the window and lights a cigarette.
Hannah:I don’t think smoke’s very good for the baby…
Zvi:Sorry. (He puts the cigarette out.)
Hannah:I don’t…
Contributor:
Motti Lerner
Places:
Durham, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
2003
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I really like it when it rains in the morning, before school, because then, there’s this atmosphere of winter. Outside, it’s cloudy and pretty dark, and in the classroom and hallways you suddenly…
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Gadi Taub
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1992