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Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomoh (The Songs of Solomon)
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Contributor:

Salamone de Rossi

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1622/23

Subjects:

Music, Poetry, Bible, Holidays, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Printed page of Hebrew text with columns and elaborate lintel above arched doorway.
I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do
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I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do because of what just happened when I went out with a few good friends to take a walk in town, this lovely Sabbath day. We joined a crowd of rowdy…

Contributor:

Leone Modena

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Antisemitism, Violence, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Fall in Vilna
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Yom Kippur, when the narrow alleys of the shulhoyf cradle the small shtibls, pious and scared, householders hurry with their taleisim and old men shuffle along in their socks— I feel the narrow…

Contributor:

Chaim Grade

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

Date unknown, mid-20th century

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Holidays, Jewish quarters, Adolescence

Categories:

Literature, Poetry