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Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium
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Joseph Barsky’s design for the Herzliya Gymnasium, established in 1905 as the first Hebrew high school in Palestine, was adapted from Charles Chipiez’s and Georges Perrot’s understanding of…

Contributor:

Joseph Barsky

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Cities, Jewish identity, Crafts, Aesthetics, Folklore

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture
Illustration of long building façade.
The Cursed Well
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Even though the town has a well right in the middle of the marketplace, many of its finest people use river water that they have to carry from the edge of the town half a mile away. The river water is…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1899

Subjects:

Cities, Folklore, Community, Children, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction