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The illustrations Tracht der Juden zu Worms (Jewish Men’s and Women’s Clothing in Worms) show a man and woman in typical Jewish fashion of the sixteenth century. The woman wears a white veil and…
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Artist Unknown
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Worms, Habsburg Empire
(Worms, Germany)
Date:
16th Century
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Are we who are in this exile the people of Israel, that is, the worshipers of the God of Israel . . . essentially . . . or in . . . name only? . . . For it seems to me that we are not the people of…
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Eliezer Eilburg
Places:
Cincinnati, Habsburg Empire
(Moravia, Czech Republic)
Date:
1575
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All nations have been subject, in their authors, as in all other things, to significant important changes. Inclinations, needs, and the relations of their subjects change, as do the passions of the…
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Benedetto Frizzi
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Trieste, Habsburg Empire
(Trieste, Italy)
Date:
1787–1790
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This gravestone is inscribed in memory of Abraham Cohen Pimentel, who served as rabbi of the Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga) in Amsterdam. One narrow side contains an opened book; the opposite narrow…
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Altona, Habsburg Empire
(Altona, Germany)
Date:
1697
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The new Rabbi pleased everybody, because he was beyond all doubt a righteous man. I was then a boy of twelve. My father received two letters from Rabbi Yukel on the subject of a good match for me in…
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Ber of Bolechów
Places:
Bolechow, Habsburg Empire
(Bolekhiv, Ukraine)
Date:
ca. 1790–1800
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What would our ancestors have done if they had seen a Jewish community appointing a prayer-reader and a rabbi for themselves dressed in the vestments of a Christian priest, and setting up an idol in…
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Akiva Joseph Schlesinger
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Ungvár, Habsburg Empire
(Uzhgorod, Ukraine)
Date:
1864
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This synagogue structure contains stunning samples of wood painting and folk motifs (including verses, images of Jerusalem, animals, and flowers). The panels were decorated by Eliezer Zusman, an…
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Unterlimpurg, Habsburg Empire
(Unterlimpurg, Germany)
Date:
1738/9
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Israel David Luzzatto
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Trieste, Habsburg Empire
(Trieste, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1775
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My soul sighs, fate brings only trouble.
My spirit was lifted, and I grew bold.
I heard a voice: ‘Your poem is gold.
Who has learned to sing like you, Rachel?’
My spirit in turn replies: I’ve lost…
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Rachel Luzzatto Morpurgo
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1847
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In the blessing “With a great love hast Thou loved us,” we say, “and unify our heart to love and fear Thy Name.” This is apparently in contradiction to the principle…
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Elimelech of Lizhensk
Places:
Leżajsk, Habsburg Empire
(Leżajsk, Poland)