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The de Pinto family were wealthy merchant bankers who lived in Amsterdam from the seventeenth century on. In the Iberian Peninsula, members of the family converted to Christianity at the end of the…
Contributor:
Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
17th Century
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And Jacob called his sons and said, “Come together that I may tell you what is to befall you in days to come.
Assemble and hearken, O sons of Jacob;
Hearken to Israel your father:
Reuben, you…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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Shlof, shlof, shlof,
Der tateh vet kumen in dorf,
Vet er brengn an epeleh,
Vet zayn gezunt dos kepele.
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
Daddy is traveling to the village,
He will bring back a little apple,
So…
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
Late 19th–Early 20th Century
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When God began to create heaven and earth—the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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In The Turkish Family, the term Turkish is likely a placeholder for a portrait of a modern Sephardic Jewish family like that of the artist. Notably, the family members wear modern European fashions…
Contributor:
Jules Pascin
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1907