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Bilderbuch (Picture Book)
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[Picture 1]I am king Solomon With scepter and crown Pikkolo is my chancellor. He stands near my throne. 

Contributor:

Adele Sandler

Date:

ca. 1905

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Children, Family, Holidays, Adolescence

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Visual & Material Culture
Illustration of two children greeting a man at the door to a dining room, where the table is set with flowers, cake, and lit candles.
Fall in Vilna
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Yom Kippur, when the narrow alleys of the shulhoyf cradle the small shtibls, pious and scared, householders hurry with their taleisim and old men shuffle along in their socks— I feel the narrow…

Contributor:

Chaim Grade

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

Date unknown, mid-20th century

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Holidays, Jewish quarters, Adolescence

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Passage from Home
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Father glared; Willy smiled. Father sat erect, his skullcap square on his head; Willy slouched, all relaxed, his cap slung at an angle like a beret. One declaimed the Hebrew text, loudly…

Contributor:

Isaac Rosenfeld

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Date:

1946

Subjects:

Parenthood, Adolescence, Jewish identity, Holidays, Passover

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Hiding Places: A Father and His Sons Retrace Their Family’s Escape from the Holocaust
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[…] I made the mistake of stopping in for Sabbath services. Dutifully I tried praying but was distracted by the dance of light reflecting from people’s wedding rings on the walls. When everyone stood…

Contributor:

Daniel Asa Rose

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Date:

2000

Subjects:

Adolescence, Jewish identity, Ultra-orthodoxy, Holidays, Sabbath

Categories:

Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, (Auto)biography