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To the Conductor: A song of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
the firmament tells His handiwork.
Day on day utters speech,
night on night announces knowledge.
There is no speech and…
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Jacqueline Osherow
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Salt Lake City, United States of America
Date:
1999
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Where will you camp, O my ibex, for whom I yearn?
Where will you drip the droplets of your wine and your dew—O formidable one?
If you bring up your beauty to heaven on high,
You will dim…
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Isaac ‘Uziel
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
Early 17th Century
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The girl’s eyes are the heavens of love, a robe of light and splendour in which she clothes herself. Even when they are hidden by clouds of tears, lovers, do not be afraid to come near. Do not fear…
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Immanuel Frances
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17th Century
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Come my beloved,
let us go into the open;
Let us lodge among the henna shrubs.
Let us go early to the vineyards;
Let us see if the vine has flowered,
If its blossoms have…
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Aryeh Ben-Gurion, Gad Ullman
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1985
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Merv:Sara, can I have my shirt? I’ve got a lunch date with the rabbi of Dublin.Sara:Mervyn, you came all the way to Queen Anne’s Gate. Please sit a minute.Tess:Sit down, Merv. I’ll get your shirt. Win…
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Wendy Wasserstein
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1993
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Scene: The living room of the Herming family house. The walls of the home contain valuable paintings by many of the greatest nineteenth-century Danish national romantic painters.State…
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Henri Nathansen
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Date:
1912
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Everyone loved . . . it was a plague
of infatuation, of kisses;
But the people soon became quiet,
the mothers were already nursing.
The drum of youth was laid
in the corner, and the…
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Jacob Steinberg
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Bern, Switzerland (Switzerland)
Lucerne, Switzerland (Switzerland)
Date:
1909
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Joyous, free, the bird will sing,
Trembles on his throne the king,
Trembling is not good for me—
Like a bird I sing so free,
As winds prance,
In a trance,
Wild and blind, I roam and dance,
One street…
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Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1911
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This story admittedly took place a long time ago and furthermore in a far-off land—in England, in fact. Yet in spite of everything, it is still important and worthy of being…
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Isaac Meyer Dik
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1889
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The rape of Europa is a story from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus seduces the princess Europa and, taking the form of a bull, carries her on his back to the Mediterranean island of Crete. The…
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Jacques Lipchitz
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1938