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Born a Jew
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A letter from Zuckerman, the commissioner, evidently written by an agitated hand. It had come from Brest Litovsk bringing the news of horror. He had been in Pinsk and…

Contributor:

Boris D. Bogen

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Date:

1930

Subjects:

Passover, Violence, Pogroms, Communism, Agriculture

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, History, Historical Writing
Isaac Blesses Jacob and Esau
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[To Jacob, thinking that he is Esau:] And he smelled his clothes and he blessed him, saying, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of the fields that the Lord has blessed. “May…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Family, Agriculture, Israel/Israelis, Violence, Parenthood

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry