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In history class
I draw a Latin-American moustache
On Titus Aspasianus;
Miriam, who under her flannel shirt
Is beginning to show development,
Is making vulgar contours
Onto the sculpture of his bust…
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Haim Be’er
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1970
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On the night of Simhat Torah 5575 [1814], the Seer closeted himself in his room on the second story of his home. The one window overlooking the wide Jewish street was open; it was very near to the…
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Urye Kahan
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1867
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When I was born, I was given the name Manuel, after my grandfather, Manuel Alvares Pinto, as was said earlier. For this reason and because I was my father’s eldest son, my grandfather always had me…
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Isaac de Pinto
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1671
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In a dream, in a night vision, while [I was] asleep upon [my] bed during my imprisonment, a voice called in my ears. The voice was the voice of Jacob, like the voice of my father, may his memory be…
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Abraham Yagel
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1578
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Artist Unknown
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Bingen, Holy Roman Empire
(Bingen, Germany)
Date:
1700
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Bernard Picart
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1722
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This ketubah (marriage contract) from Damascus, signed on the 21st of Shevat 5466, or February 5, 1706, features a text set within an arch, and flanked on both sides and above with green and orange…
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Artist Unknown
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Damascus, Ottoman Empire
(Damascus, Syria)
Date:
1706
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While ketubot (marriage contracts) are usually written in Aramaic, Karaite ketubot are written in Hebrew. They are often pentagonal in shape, most often with a pointed bottom. This example has a…
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Artist Unknown
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Chufut-Kale, Russian Empire
(Hora Chufutkale, Ukraine)
Date:
1719
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1705
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Peter Fehr
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1717