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The Forward Building
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Founded in 1897 in New York City, the democratic socialist Yiddish daily Forverts quickly became the most popular Jewish newspaper in the United States (and the most widely circulated non-English…

Contributor:

George Boehm

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Modernism, Cities, Writing, Assimilation

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture
Façade of building with arched entryways and columns with ornate capitals.
The Siloam Inscription
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[The matter of] the breakthrough: And this is the matter of the breakthrough. While [the hewers were swinging the] axe, each towards his companion, and while there were still three cubits to he[w…

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

End of 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Labor, Cities, Technology, Writing

Categories:

Architecture
Piece of wall inscribed with Hebrew.