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Along Krochmalna Street, placing her feet shod in elegant, light-colored boots carefully amid the muddy puddles, stepping aside at every moment so as not to stain her clothing against the greasy…
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Czesława Endelmanowa
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1905
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That summer there was a famine in the Negev. From the beginning of winter until its conclusion, not even a single drop of rain fell. The floodgates (Genesis 7:11) were closed; they…
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Moshe Smilansky
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Rehovot, Ottoman Palestine (Rehovot, Israel)
Date:
1906
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We were too late. The pogrom erupted that very night, suddenly, like an exploding mine, and in my own neighborhood.
The first screams came to me confused, in a hazy dream. Then it dawned on me what…
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Lamed Shapiro
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1909
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A perfumelike smell, which came from the low clumps of acacia trees, or “mimosas,” as some liked to call them, scented the air of the small Jewish colony in southern Palestine. In the expanse of sky…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
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1910
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“I am Mother of all the tribe,” she said with dignity. “These”—she indicated the women about her—“are mothers of the clans. You may speak—openly. Why is the birth of a male child cause for…
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Miriam Michelson
Places:
San Francisco, United States of America
Date:
1912
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“Meanwhile months and years disappeared. At twenty-eight I was still without a husband, still an eligible virgin . . . It was spring—free, warm. My heart ached so, I thought I’d go crazy . . . the…
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Yente Serdatsky
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1913
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Four weeks before the completion of the new twelve-story addition the store advertised for two hundred experienced saleswomen. Rachel Wiletzky, entering the superintendent’s office after a wait of…
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Edna Ferber
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1918
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We affirm the reality and oneness of God, even as we may differ in our understanding of the Divine presence.
We affirm that the Jewish people is bound to God by an eternal בְּרִית (b’rit), covenant…
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Central Conference of American Rabbis
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1999
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Rosh Hodesh is celebrated only eleven times a year. Tishre, the month Rosh Hodesh coincides with Rosh Hashanah, is omitted. If Rosh Hodesh falls on two days, the ceremony may…
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Arlene Agus
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1976
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In the city of Warsaw such a long time ago
Two hundred children stand lined row on row
With their freshly washed faces and freshly washed clothes
The children of Poland who never grow old
In the…
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Si Kahn
Places:
Charlotte, United States of America
Date:
1985