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Contributor:
Johannes Alexander Böner
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
Date:
1705
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Neḥama wife of Shalom Uri
Buried on Sunday, the 11th of Tevet 5337
This stone is a witness between us:
That death has climbed up into our window:
And eclipsed the…
Contributor:
Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
16th and 17th Centuries
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I was the one who began.
“Reb Arye-Leib,” I said to the old man. “Let’s talk about Benya Krik. Let’s talk about his lightning-quick beginning and his terrible end. Three shadows block the path of my…
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Isaac Babel
Date:
1923
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[ . . . ] The eve of the Jewish Day of Atonement. In the morning, I wander down Gesia Street, a long thoroughfare. A few stores are still open, the majority are already closing. A tremendous human…
Contributor:
Alfred Döblin
Places:
Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1925
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1740
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What shall the passive and lackluster do
if the pious and accomplished are swiftly felled by angels?
Quake, nations, and rich and poor fear ye the judgment day.
When the…
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1554–1705
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE
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The oldest Jewish cemetery in the United States is located in New York City; the grave of Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas can be seen here in the burial grounds of Congregation Shearith Israel.
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1798
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Contributor:
Ignaz Reiser
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Vienna, First Austrian Republic
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1928