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Rendering of Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland
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Hecker’s design for the Museum of the History of the Polish Jews (Polin) proposed a complex of two buildings: one a rectangular concrete block and the other a lighter metal and glass structure. The…

Contributor:

Zvi Hecker

Places:

Warsaw, Poland

Date:

2005

Subjects:

Cities, Memorial, Jewish quarters, Ecology

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture
3-D rendering of lit-up buildings.
Tit ha-yaven (The Miry Clay)
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Now we shall begin to describe the confrontation of the King of Sweden with the King of Poland. First, the aforementioned King of Sweden came to the holy community of Posen [Poznań], a major Jewish…

Contributor:

Samuel Feibush

Places:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Date:

1655

Subjects:

War, Monarchy, Death, Jewish quarters, Military

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
History of the House of David
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The sultan thought for a moment and said, “I know, Jew, that your heart is not devoid of intelligence. After all, you want to live a long life in your household with your children. So, do not…

Contributor:

Avraham S. Friedberg

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Folklore, Mourning, Jewish quarters, Death

Categories:

History, Fiction, Folklore