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Bronze bowl with musicians, Cyprus, late 9th or early 8th century BCE. The engraved scene shows musicians and dancers. In this bronze bowl, five inches in diameter, three female musicians are playing…
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE
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Before World War I, Bomberg depicted the East End of London, where he had grown up, as a site of immigrant vitality. After a harrowing experience in the trenches and difficulties after the war…
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David Bomberg
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London, United Kingdom
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1920
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The situation of Jews in the Soviet Union may well be the greatest of all the great wonders of the world. The history of Jews in tsarist Russia has been centuries of darkness…
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David Pinski
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New York City, United States of America
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1938
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At the time of the shortest, sleepy winter days, edged on both sides with the furry dusk of mornings and evenings, when the city reached out ever deeper into the labyrinth of winter nights, and was…
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Bruno Schulz
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Drohobych, Second Polish Republic (Drohobych, Ukraine)
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1934
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My grandfather’s kinsman, a Jew who tamed bears,
Performed in the market towns;
By day his beast was confined in chains;
At night, they danced under the stars.
Nicknamed “Ten Commandments,” the man…
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Moyshe Kulbak
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
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1922
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Dad Runs Away with the Circus was Etgar Keret's first children's book. It was illustrated by award-winning illustrator and comic book artist Rutu Modan. The two collaborated on several projects…
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Etgar Keret, Rutu Modan
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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2000
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Theda Bara (1885–1955) was born Theodosia Burr Goodman in Cincinnati. After completing public high school, Goodman moved to New York to become an actress. In advertisements for the Fox Film Company’s…
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Photographer Unknown
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1915
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Postcards, such as this image of Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra, advertised her celebrated performances for global audiences.
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Napoleon Sarony
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France, France
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1891
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Program cover of a 1911 performance of the Ballet Russe at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, showing Léon Bakst’s costume design for Narcisse.
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Léon Bakst
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Paris, France
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1911
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Cover of sheet music for “Sadie Salome, Go Home.” Fanny Brice (1891–1951) was born Fania Borach in New York City to immigrants from Hungary and Alsace respectively. Getting her break in entertainment…
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Edgar Leslie, Irving Berlin, Artist Unknown
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1909