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Jews, in the past celebrated for the ability to understand all things, are now in danger of being unable to understand anything at all culturally, for they do not have self-awareness. Without such…
Contributor:
Aleksander Voronel
Places:
USSR (Russia)
Date:
1972
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This Hanukkah lamp from Poland is made from brass and would likely have been placed near the Torah ark in a synagogue. An engraved and cast eagle sits above a domed cupola, representing gratitude and…
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Artist Unknown
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)
Date:
17th Century
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the voice of prayer and the voice of song given inthe house of the lord elohei yisraelthe holy congregations of the sepharadimmay the lord comfort usin this great city of amsterdamfrom the day they…
Contributor:
David Franco Mendes
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1792
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Every now and then a different door in the long corridor of the IsPolKom [Executive Committee] would yawn open, partly exposing the profiles of the office workers, emit a hum of muffled chatter and…
Contributor:
Peretz Markish
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1928