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You who live secure
In your warm houses
Who return at evening to find
Hot food and friendly faces:
Consider whether this is a man,
Who labours in the mud
Who knows no peace
Who fights for a crust…
Contributor:
Primo Levi
Places:
Turin, Italy
Date:
1946
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Silver amulet typical of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italian Jewish homes. This example is unusual in that it contains an unidentified family coat of arms whose main feature is a rampant lion…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1750
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This intricately decorated ketubah (marriage contract) marks the marriage of Gabriel ben Hezekiah Amron to Simḥa bat Shabbetai mi-Segni. It is richly decorated with biblical miniatures, including one…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1734
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Ornate silver amulet. The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center. Italy, ca. 1750.
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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This Venetian ketubah (marriage contract) from 1707 marks the wedding of Solomon, son of Isaac Franco de Almeida, to Brancha, daughter of David Fernandes Dias. Near the top, the ancient city of…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1707
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Nicolas de Nicolay
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1585