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Hannah the blind woman was told before her wedding that her future husband was a widower in the tobacco business; at first they also assured her that this widower had been left with no…
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Jacob Steinberg
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Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1922
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The people were hardworking, sprightly, and seasoned. They sailed all the way to Danzig and Memel and back, and knew the worth of merchandise as well as of people. The Jewish population made a living…
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Mark Vishniak
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Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1939
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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1754
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Artist Unknown
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Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia
(Gdańsk, Poland)
Date:
1838
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Zemah Davidsohn
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1863
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Julius Muhr
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Munich, German Confederation
(Munich, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1860s
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It was close to Passover. In the house, Passover was already present. But Father was not in a holiday mood. He looked at nobody and even his appearance changed. A yellow cast covered his face.
He had…
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Yosef Rabin
Date:
1945
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The women of our family will come to me in dreams at night and say:
Modestly we carried a pure blood across generations,
Bringing it to you like well-guarded wine from the kosher
Cellars of our…
Contributor:
Kadya Molodovsky
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1927
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Once I was young, hung out
in doorways, listening to Socrates.
My closest pal, my lover
Had the finest chest in Athens.
Then came Caesar, and a world
glittering with marble—I
the last to go. For my…
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Anna Margolin
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1929
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This is a night of vigil for me,
in the shudder of my soul
I shall conceal
the secret of my youth.
I shall stand on guard:
No sleep nor slumber!
And in just one moment
the veil was taken away.
A…
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Bat-Hamah
Date:
1954