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Harry was the only person who knew that he and his father had quarrelled shortly before the accident that ended the old man’s life took place; this was something that Harry was to keep secret for the…
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Ronald Segal
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1958
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All roads led to death,
Every road.
All winds breathed betrayal,
Every wind.
In every doorway, vicious dogs barked,
In all the doorways.
All the waters laughed at us,
All the waters.
Every night grew…
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Reyzl Zychlinsky
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Paris, France
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1948
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I am only this song that you place on my lips.
I am yours: yours my arms, yours my legs,
Yours my hands, yours my belly, my loins,
Yours my breasts, yours my teeth, yours my lips,
Yours my tongue…
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André Chouraqui
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1960
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Dear Brother:
It is an enchanting evening. The wind has been blowing steadily the whole day. It suddenly dropped at nightfall. All is still. There is no stir in the air. The world seems fast asleep. I…
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Sasson Shalom Dallal
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1949
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When I heard that Isaac Kornfeld, a man of piety and brains, had hanged himself in the public park, I put a token in the subway stile and journeyed out to see the tree. [ . . . ][ . . . ] On the day…
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Cynthia Ozick
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New York, United States of America
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1966
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[The lessons a mother should give her son]: My son, you should know that before your body looked the way it does now, it was nothing. You were formed in my belly from the drops of fertility that came…
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David Attias
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Livorno, Holy Roman Empire (Livorno, Italy)
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1778
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The calm outgoing of a long, rich day,
Checkered with storm and sunshine, gloom and light,
Now passing in pure, cloudless skies away,
Withdrawing into silence of blank night.
Thick shadows…
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Emma Lazarus
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New York City, United States of America
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ca. 1875
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In the days when…
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Jacob Cansino
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Madrid, Spanish Empire (Madrid, Spain)
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1638
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At the beginning of the month of Tammuz 5349 [began June 15, 1589], in order not to remain idle, I began to give lessons in Torah to the son of Manasseh Levi of blessed memory and to Joseph the son of…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1618–1648
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O most high and sovereign Creator of heaven and earth, not one of Your countless creatures can resist Your will. Without it neither men nor birds nor brutish beasts could live upon the earth. Unless…
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Luis de Carvajal
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Spanish Empire (Nuevo León, Mexico)
Date:
1596