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In the past few years, I have become increasingly interested in Sendak’s work, reading his books for my own pleasure as well as for the amusement of my…
Contributor:
Nat Hentoff
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1966
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Opposite the windowsill is a shuttered curtain and a wasteland of chimneys. The street is being drained of life. A double-decker bus with gleaming windows of light passes by the corner. A woman pushes…
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Amalia Kahana-Carmon
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1966
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In the tercentenary year of Jewish settlement in America, this volume is offered as evidence that the past decade—a mid-century point—has seen the publication of some of the most…
Contributor:
Harold U. Ribalow
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1955
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From Kiev I took a wagon heading for Zhitomir. Few of my readers will still remember the long coach wagons in which the past generation traveled before the railroads…
Contributor:
Yehudah Katzenelson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1917
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Dear Friend,You asked me in your last letter to write about America, what kind of country it is and what life is like here. I had to smile as I read your words. [ . . . ]In order to describe America…
Contributor:
Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1895–1905
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This is both Sinai and the uprooter of mountains, the book Sefer Hatashbeṣ, which was composed by the king, the great eagle, the renowned sage, the grand prince, the light of…
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Meir Crescas
Places:
Europe, Holy Roman Empire (Europe)
Date:
1739