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I want to recount a beautiful tale. I ask that the men relax. Listen, and see how marvelous it is how merciful God restores justice for us.
Jacob:
He said to his son, I wanted to send you to find out…
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Moses Samuel Konfino
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Bucharest, Ottoman Empire (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1862
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A Play by Molière in One Act of Sixteen Scenes[Carlo, Esterina]Carlo:Is there any news, Esterina? Do you have any advice for me?Esterina:Why do you want advice? I have a lot of news for you…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1873
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Tales of Hoffmann, an opéra fantastique, is the final work of composer Jacques Offenbach, who died four months before its premiere in Paris in 1881. At the time of Offenbach’s death, the opera was…
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Jacques Offenbach
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Paris, France
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1880–1881
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Enter David, Moses, and Samson, all singing:Blessed Adonai,may Haman always die,viva Mordechai,Esther my lady.Viva my lady,blessed Adonai,may Haman always die,viva Mordechai.David:It is well that all…
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Unknown
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1699
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A big room divided in two by screens. One half represents a bedroom where Odele reclines sadly on a sofa. The other half represents Bontsye’s room: on a table lie a taytsh-khumesh [the Tsene…
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Abraham Goldfaden
Places:
Iasi, Kingdom of Romania (Iasi, Romania)
Date:
1893
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Madame Butterfly [Impassively, her eyes narrowing]:Speak concerning marriage once more, you die! [She fans herself. Suzuki salaams and backs quickly toward the door. Madame Butterfly claps her hands…
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David Belasco
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1900
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Very little is known about the actor Siegfried Berisch (1877–1933). He started out performing in the cabaret and German Jewish theater scenes in Berlin and Vienna. Berisch’s first major role was in Sc…
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Photographer Unknown
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
1916
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Cover of sheet music for “Do Not Say Goodbye” from the Marx Brothers’ musical comedy Home Again.
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Marx Brothers
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1914
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Moriah SoiréeBar GioraA Play in Seven ActsBy: David YellinAdapted from Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell(On the life of the Jews before the destruction of the Second Temple and their overthrowing of the Roman…
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David Yellin, The Moriah Association
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1908
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In three acts by the famous author Yitsḥak Katzenelson.Karmel, a rich Jewish timber merchant Mr. KharazYoḥanan, his son Mr. MikhaleskoBill, a gypsy captain Mr. LandauTarta, an old gypsy…
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Unknown
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1917