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Dad Runs Away with the Circus was Etgar Keret's first children's book. It was illustrated by award-winning illustrator and comic book artist Rutu Modan. The two collaborated on several projects…
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Etgar Keret, Rutu Modan
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2000
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The Words of Ahiqar are the teachings that Ahiqar, the wise scribe who was chief counselor to the kings of Assyria, imparted to his nephew and adopted son Nadin.
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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Fifth Century BCE
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The Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
I will make of you a great nation,
And I will bless you;
I will make your name…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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For her book Florida Family Portrait, Gelles photographed her family in the same pose over twenty years during trips to visit her parents in Florida. A comment on family, growth, aging, death, and the…
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Judy Gelles
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Melbourne Beach, United States of America
Date:
1996
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Elinor Carucci
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2001
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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17th Century
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I, Don Pedro Alberto de Launay Cau, gentleman of the Royal House of King Charles II, in charge of the heraldry and chronicles of his Spanish realms, of provincial arms, and, earlier, of his estates…
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Alberto de Launay
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Brussels, Holy Roman Empire (Brussels, Belgium)
Date:
1676
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- The mahamad [congregation board] shall have supreme authority over everything. And no one shall be able to contravene the decisions taken and promulgated by the said mahamad, nor shall they sign any…
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Kahal Talmud Torah of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1639
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I will print this book in ink as a remembrance and a sign, a memorial for my dear children. For now I will reveal their strength with words, as a reminder for them and their children…
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Judah Peretz
Places:
Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1712
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Turn from evil and do good. Beloved Son. The great esteem in which I hold you and my intense desire for your welfare have prompted me to draw up this list of virtues as an antidote against the…
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Isaac de Matatia Aboab
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1685