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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
Megilat Mitsrayim (The Scroll of Egypt)
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After these things, Ahmed Shaitan desired of the Jews a hundred and fifty thousand great gold pieces, and he also said, If ye bring them not quickly, I shall kill you with the sword. And when the Jews…

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Unknown

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 1524

Subjects:

Holidays, Purim, Monarchy, Antisemitism, Violence

Categories:

History, Religion & Theology, Literature
Behind God’s Back
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It did not take long to apprehend the assassin. A woman who had been passing heard the shots, saw a car skid away, took down the number and gave it to the police and, within hours, a man had been…

Contributor:

Sandra Braude

Places:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Date:

1993

Subjects:

Apartheid, Holocaust, Violence, Holidays, Sabbath

Categories:

Literature, Fiction