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Along the nocturnal road were trees, nodding heads like people. The light of the speeding bus falls on them, withdraws from them. And the vapour-veiled moon crescent is getting blurred. But why is her…
Contributor:
Amalia Kahana-Carmon
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1984
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Not a word about Ein Harod on the official radio. All the official communiqués were broadcast. Directives to obey. Directives to obey directives. Directives prohibiting assemblies. Directives not to…
Contributor:
Amos Kenan
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1984
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Belonging to Elyakim steward of Yokin [or Yawkin].
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Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel (Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)
Date:
Late 8th Century BCE
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In the middle of the summer Meir’s father gave in to his uncle and aunt’s pleas and went away with them to spend a week in the country, and in obedience to his request Meir went over to the apartment…
Contributor:
Yaakov Shabtai
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1984
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[Belonging to Tobshillem/Tobshalem (?)] son of Zakkur the healer.
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City of David, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE
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Even after the crowd had dispersed, I couldn’t bring myself to leave the Tsirkin farm. The longer I stood watching, the more stagnant the clear water grew, forming a green nightmare of slime before my…
Contributor:
Meir Shalev
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1988
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Some time later, two or three months had passed, David sends for me again.
Bathsheba is there, her hair beautifully arranged, very pretty and self-confident. Already the mistress of this palace.
David…
Contributor:
Grete Weil
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Munich, Germany
Date:
1988
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The light passes through the curtain and brightens it, spreading a dull glow over the night-table and drawing a single shining line over the edge of the ashtray. The woman’s one eye follows it until…
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Youval Shimoni
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1990
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A day or two passed, but there was no sign of the two. A week later, the Bar-Mitzvah was supposed to have taken place already. He took his chair out of the shop and sat waiting in the doorway. In the…
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Lea Aini
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1991
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Leo was planning to ask his father for money to get his car fixed, perhaps as a birthday present, even though he was sure his parents already had a present for him. Since the family’s return to Vienna…
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Robert Menasse
Places:
Vienna, Austria
Date:
1991