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Hiding Places: A Father and His Sons Retrace Their Family’s Escape from the Holocaust
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[…] I made the mistake of stopping in for Sabbath services. Dutifully I tried praying but was distracted by the dance of light reflecting from people’s wedding rings on the walls. When everyone stood…

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Daniel Asa Rose

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2000

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Adolescence, Jewish identity, Ultra-orthodoxy, Holidays, Sabbath

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Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, (Auto)biography
Chutzpah
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My experience with discrimination—especially at the hands of the Paul, Weiss firm over my Sabbath observance—caused me an embarrassing moment during my interview for the Supreme Court clerkship I did…

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Alan Dershowitz

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1991

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Orthodox Judaism, Antisemitism, Holidays, Sabbath, Profession

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Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, (Auto)biography
Derashot (Sermons)
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And now I will reveal to you why we call the Sabbath before Passover “the Great Sabbath.” Know that the minister of Egypt is Aries [the ram], and Scorpio, which is with Aries, and its angel is Samael…

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Solomon Molkho

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Kingdom of Italy (Italy)

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First Quarter of the 16th Century

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Sermon, Sabbath, Mysticism, Passover, Messianism

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Firsthand Accounts, (Auto)biography, Magic & Mysticism