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Dance Study
Hans Brandenburg
1910
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Hans Brandenburg was a writer and illustrator known for an early history of modern dance. His wife Dora Brandenburg-Polster likely assisted with the drawings in the book. Despite his anti-Semitism, he respected and championed the work of Jewish dancers such as Alexander Sacharoff.
Scene: A small garret room. A door is set in a deep recess at the back; there is another door at right. It is night. Several small children are bedded on wooden benches, and several more are asleep in…
Every woman is obligated to kindle lights on the eve of each Sabbath and Festival and this is a great mitzvah. And she makes the blessing, “Blessed are You God, our Lord, King of the universe. Who has…
R. Isaac ben Abraham ben Judah ‘Akrish, may he rest in peace, from exile in Spain and Naples, said that he would not receive the proud waters [of baptism; see Psalms 124:5], and was driven out…