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Can I?
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I just can’t. Should I? I feel like going in, but I just can’t; I remain stationary. The church door opens and closes, continually, and I open and close with it, split asunder. Warmth escapes from…

Contributor:

Alberto Dines

Places:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date:

1972

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Holidays, Community, Christianity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomoh (The Songs of Solomon)
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Contributor:

Salamone de Rossi

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1622/23

Subjects:

Music, Poetry, Bible, Holidays, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Printed page of Hebrew text with columns and elaborate lintel above arched doorway.
Fall in Vilna
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Yom Kippur, when the narrow alleys of the shulhoyf cradle the small shtibls, pious and scared, householders hurry with their taleisim and old men shuffle along in their socks— I feel the narrow…

Contributor:

Chaim Grade

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

Date unknown, mid-20th century

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Holidays, Jewish quarters, Adolescence

Categories:

Literature, Poetry