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And around us loomed the mountains, various heights, various shapes, squeezed together or clambering atop one another. Some were terrifying with their rugged lines, some were soft and delicate like a…
Contributor:
Hersh Dovid Nomberg
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1908
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The holy Balshemtov walked in the field
In the cold dawn went walking in the field
As winds were blowing from the north.
Bitter cold from the north.
His limbs started to freeze.
Once his limbs were…
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Zishe Landau
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1916
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On the shores of the Sea of Galilee
Lies a palace of great majesty.
There God’s garden is planted,
But not a single tree sways.
Silence; no wave is heard,
Above, every flying bird
Is still and…
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Jacob Fichman
Places:
Tel Aviv, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1917
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[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
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Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1896
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Giorgio [Entering]:Am I disturbing you?Olga:So it seems! What good wind brings you here? Sit down.Giorgio:Thank you. I’m returning from the Exposition . . .Olga:Ah, you went! . . .Giorgio:.…
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Amelia Pincherle Rosselli
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1898
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Rosa:Oh, is that you, my friend . . . I was beginning to wonder why I haven’t seen you for two days; I was about to accuse you . . . I was inclined to think that you didn’t want to see…
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Maria Lerner
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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Hershele:For a long time . . . The first evening that you were with us, on Hanuka . . . you said that . . . that Freydenyu . . . my wife’s niece . . . that . . .Mischief:What could I have said about…
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Jacob Gordin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1900
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Lazăr:My friend Matei has a doctorate in law as well.Șor:Another one. That much I understand. A doctor in medicine is feeding on the sick; a doctor in law is feeding on the quarrelsome, but what on…
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Moise Ronetti-Roman
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Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1900
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Hanin, ‘Abd al-Khaliq, Ilyas, Butrus, and those [actors] previously mentioned.Hanin:Good morning, Mitri! Bonjour, Istifan!Mitri:What morning? It’s noon already, you wino!‘Abd al-Khaliq:And who…
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Ya‘qub Sannu‘
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Beirut, Ottoman Empire (Beirut, Lebanon)
Date:
1912
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One Who Is Rebellious:To obey commandments of which merely the ear is aware,Yet remain deaf to urges that shake the whole being;To regard as good the former,Which reveal the soul so as to abandon it…
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Arnold Schoenberg
Places:
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1917