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Kashruth was not only redefined but repositioned as a growing number of American Jews restricted its observance to the home. The new geography of kashruth promoted a more flexible approach toward…
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Jenna Weissman Joselit
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New York, United States of America
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1994
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The creator of the popular ritual of placing an orange on the Seder plate describes exactly how this innovation arose, its intended significance, and the problematic erasure of its origins.
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Susannah Heschel
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Hanover, United States of America
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2001
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Camille Pissarro
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Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
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1885
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The entire city is talking about the tumult, the uproar in the Jewish Quarter that began after the price of meat started to rise.
The prices for meat not only went up in the Jewish Quarter. The Trusts…
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The Forward
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New York, United States of America
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1902
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The Marshalek.—His Duties.—The Serenade.—At The Bride’s “Main Quarters.”—The Reception at the Groom’s.—The Ritual of Seating of the Bride.—The Marshalek’s Improvisation.
The rituals and…
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Lev Levanda
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1880
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Lizzie Black Kander
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Milwaukee, United States of America
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1901
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669–627 BCE
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Samaria, Land of Israel
(Kaleh Qaţār-e Soflá, Iran)
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First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE
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On the eve of the Sabbath I am always tormented by the dense sorrow of memory. In the past on these evenings, my grandfather’s yellow beard caressed the volumes of Ibn Ezra. My old grandmother, in her…
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Isaac Babel
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1924
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For a long time, Slimsohn had been saving considerable time and money on food. He had started by limiting himself to just one meal a day, towards evening, then delaying it until that undefinable…
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Gustave Kahn
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Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1925