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Sheltered by a crimson awning,
All alone, his slaves dismissed,
A lord is bidding farewell fondly
To a black-browed odalisque.
“Sarah, houri of the prophet,
My sunshine, comfort, strength, delight…
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Afanasy Fet
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Moscow, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
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1847
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim a release among them— that everyone should set free his Hebrew…
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There may not be in this [city of] Recife and Antonio Vaz any congregation beyond that which exists today—may God enlarge it—and, if there be now or at any time anyone who contests this matter, the…
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The Jewish Community of Recife
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Recife, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Recife, Brazil)
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1648
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We will briefly mention several of his more important military expeditions. In the year 1731, Mr. Boeyé, Officer of the Christian Citizens Militia, received an order from the Council to carry out a…
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David de Isaac Cohen Nassy
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Paramaribo, Dutch Colonial Empire
(Paramaribo, Suriname)
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1788
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Warsaw, August 15, 1861 [in the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), August 16, 1861]Everyone knows the reason behind the fratricidal war between secessionists and unionists in the United States. We touch…
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Daniel Neufeld
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1861
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The wilderness is not just a desert through which we wandered for forty years. It is a way of being. A place that demands being open to the flow of life around you. A place that demands being…
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Lawrence Kushner
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San Francisco, United States of America
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1977
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Isidore Busatt
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New York, United States of America
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1912
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On the twentieth of Adar, the second year (of Arses), the accession year of Darius, the king, in Samaria the citadel, which is in Samaria the province, Hananiah son of Beyadel sold a certain Yehohanan…
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Samaria, Land of Israel
(Wādī ad Dāliyah, Israel)
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335 BCE
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“When the genie of liberty inspired me the noble project to carry to the English, our natural…
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Isaac Sasportas
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Kingston, Kingdom of Great Britain
(Kingston, Jamaica)
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1799