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Before Talpiot was built the King of the Winds used to rule over the entire region: and all his ministers and servants, mighty and stubborn winds, dwelled there with him and blew over mountain and…

Contributor:

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Arab-Jewish relations, Cities, Jewish identity, Community, Exile, Fiction, Folklore

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Fiction, Folklore
Godwrestling
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My own efforts to wrestle with the Ishmael story came from my fierce fears and hopes for modern Israel, my urgency to discover how Israel could live in peace, my efforts to talk with angry, fearful…

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Arthur Waskow

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1978

Subjects:

Family, Israel/Israelis, Arab-Jewish relations, War, Exile, Theology

Categories:

Biblical commentary, Theology
Hashlamat sefer ha-kabbalah (Additions to the Book of Tradition)
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I will describe only a little of the suffering undergone by the exiles, some of whom entered the kingdom of Fez by the grace of the great king, one of the righteous men of the nations of the world…

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Abraham Ardutiel

Places:

Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)

Date:

1510

Subjects:

Exile, Arab-Jewish relations, Plague, Hunger, Conversos

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts