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My restlessness is of a wolf, and of a bear my rest,
Riot shouts in me, and boredom listens.
I am not what I want, I am not what I think,
I am the magician and I’m the magic-trick.
I am an ancient…
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Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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I am a circus lady
And dance among the daggers
Set in the arena
With their points erect.
My swaying, lissome body
Avoids a death-by-falling,
Touching, barely touching the dagger blades.
Holding…
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Celia Dropkin
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1935
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When the engagement of two parties occurs, many Jews are invited, young and old, and they gather in a big room and each of the young Jews has a new…
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Johannes Buxtorf
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Basel, Switzerland
Date:
1603
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1909
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Abraham Goldfaden
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1887
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The ballet season has begun with Swan Lake, in which the young ballerina Tamara Karsavina performed twice. The public is clearly interested in ballet, and among various segments of the Petersburg…
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Akim Volynsky
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1911
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When about two years ago the wish arose in me to explain the artistic basis of the new trends evident in the “Ballets Russes,” my attempt, which appeared as an article entitled “On the New Ballet” (Ap…
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André Levinson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1913
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Dan, Land of Israel (Tel Dan, Israel)
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Late Bronze Age, 16th–13th Century BCE
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Verse 1Sadie Cohen left her happy homeTo become an actress lady,On the stage she soon became the rage,As the only real Salomy baby.When she came to town, her sweetheart MoseBrought for her around a…
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Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Edgar Leslie
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1909
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Seals from numerous sites in ancient Israel and elsewhere in the Levant have schematic depictions of two or three people with hands linked or raised, reaching toward each other. All the members of the…
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Abel Beth Maachah, Land of Israel (Tel Avel Bet Ma‘akha, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE