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The three art nouveau-influenced covers by Ber Kratko for three of Y. L. Peretz’s plays feature somewhat grotesque figures. The one for Vos in fidele shtekt (What Sticks in the Fiddle) features a…
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Ber Kratko
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1910
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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
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1917
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23 October. The actors convince me by their presence time and again, to my consternation, that most of what I’ve written about them so far is wrong. It is wrong because I wrote about them with…
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Franz Kafka
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Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1911
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III.
She: I can’t hide it anymore
I’ll reveal my bitter, heavy heart
I can’t even wait till tomorrow
Because oh does it smart!
He…
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Yehudah Leib Cahan
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1912
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In the province of Mollive, there is an old woman who is known for her shtetl wisdom, her old sayings, and her folktales. I met her quite by chance. Her…
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A. Litvin, Sonya the Wise Woman (Sonya Naimark)
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1917
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Karle:Who is coming? What do I hear! God Almighty![Markwitz standing in the door.]Markwitz, tall, thin appearance. Threadbare elegance of the nineties. He is, without a doubt, a…
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Max Reinhardt
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1901
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“Miss Duncan? The dancer? What is that—ballet?” No, it is not ballet. Missing here are the two predominant elements that make up modern ballet: there is neither dance technique nor women wearing…
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Arkadii Georgevich Gornfeld
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1905
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The drumhead of this Phoenician-style terra-cotta figurine from Shikmona (south of Haifa) is recessed, suggesting that the drum had only a single head. Figurines like this are typically found in…
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Shikmona, Land of Israel (Haifa, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Rehob, Land of Israel (Tel Reḥov, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE