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I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do
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I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do because of what just happened when I went out with a few good friends to take a walk in town, this lovely Sabbath day. We joined a crowd of rowdy…

Contributor:

Leone Modena

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Antisemitism, Violence, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Lament on the Ukrainian Massacre
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[To the tune of “Adir ayom ve-nora.”]Come, dear friends, let us cry and lamentThe horrible things that have happened in these times.In the year that Messiah was expected amid tribulation [1648],Cossa…

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Joseph Lipman Ashkenazi

Places:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Date:

1648

Subjects:

Pogroms, Death, Antisemitism, Mourning, Rabbis

Categories:

History, Music, Popular Poetry