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Mark Antokolski
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1864
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Always, by the time the humid, breathless, summer night lifted its veil and a quiet, rosy dawn emerged, when some glimmers of soft, opaque light began to filter through the dried muddy, dusty window…
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Dovid Mitzmacher
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1926
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My father brought the emigrant bundle
of desperation and worn threads,
that in anxiety as he stumbles
tumble out distractedly;
while I am bedded upon soft green money
that grows like grass.
Thus…
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David Ignatow
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1948
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Regarding that which is written: a man’s gift [makes room for him] (Proverbs 18:16), this means that the gift itself, which one personally gives to the poor, will make room for him. When you provide…
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Caspar Luyken, Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1700
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Great was the joy in the mid-1950s in Budapest’s Klauzál Square, in the house of a widow with many children. Those lining up before her vegetable stand in the market saw her smile for the first time…
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Gábor Deutsch
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Budapest, Hungary
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1997
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The third whistle. Reb Zerakh Lilienthal clutched his beloved family to his heart, kissed them, and boarded the train. He did not have the strength to wish them well yet again. His throat was so tight…
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Izabella
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1889