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Aftergrowth
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Behold I have not plowed nor have I planted, I have not prayed for the rain. And suddenly, see! My fields have grown Sun-blessed grain instead of thistle. Is it the aftergrowth of ancient produce,…

Contributor:

Rakhel (Rachel Bluwstein)

Places:

Kevutsat Degania, Mandate Palestine (Deganya Alef, Israel)

Date:

1925

Subjects:

Agriculture, Israel/Israelis, Ecology, Prayer, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
The Choice of Paris
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Shamir is known for portraits and landscapes that explore Zionist history and his own family story. Many of his paintings are set in Kfar Yehoshua in the Jezreel Valley, a village his family helped to…

Contributor:

Elie Shamir

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1988

Subjects:

Art, Israel/Israelis, Zionism, Ecology, Agriculture

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Painting depicting three women seated with buildings and hills behind them, above small set of images including cows and two suns on either side of an eye on left, a woman in triangle surrounded by snakes in center, and a building ruin with owl on right.