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Those who seized the youths to put them into the army in the city where I was born, desired to have, as a residence for themselves, a house adjacent to the one in which my father…
A major issue within the internal politics of the Russian government concerns the Russification of populations in our remote regions who follow different religions and are of other ethnic backgrounds…
This candle reflector is made of repoussé brass, engraved and punched. The three candle holders are set into a frame decorated with flowers and leaves.
These two lecterns are from Jablonów in the southern part of eastern Galicia and may have graced the town’s wooden synagogue, which was built as early as 1674. Carved from wood, and standing on two…
. . . And in darkness of night, without dagger or bow,
On a light steed King Saul arrives at ‘Ein Dor.
And in one of the houses a dark light appears,
The squire softly…
Daniel [Puts his hand on his forehead and thinks for a while]:The hours of the murderous Babylonian Empire are numbered; Nebuchadnezzar’s wicked family will soon be eradicated. Koresh, the Persian…
Józef Awin’s reconstruction of the synagogue in the Old Cemetery of Lwów/L’viv, featured here, reflects his clean geometricity and appreciation for Galician wooden synagogue architecture. The cemetery…
By the window I lit a taper
A Hanukkah candle, gentle child.
Many are the memories
And the memories are brilliant.
A regiment of riders, mighty men,
If they appear before you,
Do not fear, gentle…
Recognizing, that any national political institution created on the basis of national autonomy in all its forms, is of value only to the extent that it answers a number of definite necessities—needs…
Published after his visit to the Jewish Colonization Association colonies in Argentina in 1908, Chasanowitch’s report is a scathing critique of the administration’s treatment of farmers.