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The Jews of Soviet Russia
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[ . . . ] [T]here was a lecture in the big union hall on the topic of Soviet food policy. The wife of our protagonist also wanted to go and listen. You didn’t…

Contributor:

Abraham J. Zhitnik

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Date:

1925

Subjects:

Class, Labor, Animals, Food and drink

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
The Ass’s Complaint
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Why is my back loaded with fine flour, while in my mouth there is no bread at all, but only straw? I drink well-water, though I carry wine. And the stick goes on fracturing my skull! I live in rubble…

Contributor:

Samuel Archevolti

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Animals, Food and drink, Violence, Ethics, Allegory

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry
Two Ibexes
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In this detail from the left side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud, two ibexes are eating the flora of a schematic tree, all set above a striding lion. These common motifs are typically…

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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Iron Age IIB, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Animals, Food and drink, Ecology, Fertility

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting, Household Objects
Partially reconstructed storage jar with painting of lion and two ibexes eating flora of a tree.
Cow and Calf
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This drawing of a cow and her calf appears on the right side of a pithos (storage jar) from Kuntillet Ajrud. The cow and calf are a common motif associated with fertility and protection. Kuntillet…

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Iron Age IIB, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Animals, Food and drink, Ecology, Fertility

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting, Household Objects
Large jar with painting of cow and nursing calf.
The Red Heifer
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It happened on a Saturday night at the end of summer. Reuven and his household were sitting at twilight and enjoying their heifer. His youngest were patting her, the older were praising her. The…

Contributor:

Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Animals, Violence, Sacrifice, Food and drink

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
I Speak to You Openly, My Child
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(Short Poems in Prose)

Contributor:

Yosef Kirman

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Parenthood, Christian-Jewish relations, Food and drink, Animals

Categories:

Poetry, Literature