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Elizabeth Street 10b, Riga
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Elizabeth Street 10b is a stunning example of the Jugendstil style for which the buildings designed by Mikhail Eisenstein are known. The façade of this apartment building is built of brown stone…

Contributor:

Mikhail Eisenstein

Places:

Riga, Russian Empire (Riga, Latvia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Cities, Art, Modernism, Aesthetics, Photography

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Photography, Architecture
Façade of symmetrical building with horizontal lines and many geometric patterns.
Apirion ‘asah lo ([Solomon] Made Himself a Palanquin)
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When we continue with this matter…

Contributor:

Solomon Troki

Places:

Riga, Sweden (Riga, Latvia)

Date:

ca. 1700

Subjects:

Polemics, Jewish identity, Karaite, Karaites, Oral Torah

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Theology
The Hermit
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[Vocabulary list in (from right to left) Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian, with notes in French and English]CavernAntreПещераהאֶהלעמעְרָָהTo miss(the aim)ManquerНе пѳпадатьвъ цвль,פערפעהלעןפעהל שיעסעןהחַט…

Contributor:

Israel Ḥayim Taviov

Places:

Riga, Russian Empire (Riga, Latvia)

Date:

1896

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Israel/Israelis, Prayer, Charity, Ethics

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature