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The house known today as the House of the Sun is a large stone structure next to the synagogue. But long, long ago it was called the Devil’s Head, and it was…
Contributor:
Yuspa Shamash
Places:
Worms, Free Imperial City of Worms (Worms, Germany)
Date:
1696
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Michael and I arranged to meet that same evening in Cafe Atara in Ben Yehuda Street. Outside an absolute storm was raging, beating down furiously on the stone walls of Jerusalem.
Austerity regulations…
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Amos Oz
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1972
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From the hour of distress (Psalms 118:5) as if [emerging] from the suffocating darkness of troublesome nightmares, we woke up; from the expanse, the lights of dawn welcomed us . . .
Lights from…
Contributor:
Simḥa Ben-Tsiyon
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1918
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I’ve been told that years ago a rich man lived in Mainz as a leader of the Jewish community. He had a beautiful wife, who, however, died, leaving him their son. A short time…
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Unknown
Places:
Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
ca. 1520
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We have a lovely tale at hand,
It’s come to us from a distant land,
That land is West India, and
Many people in the world
Call that area the New World.
Our tale’s about a wife who let her spouse
Leav…
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Unknown
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
Date:
ca. 1665
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Love is a net that nature spreads out in order to multiply humankind. (Love also exists among animals.) Only complete love is true love. True love does not have any higher or lower…
Contributor:
Ben-Tsien Liber
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1918