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In history class
I draw a Latin-American moustache
On Titus Aspasianus;
Miriam, who under her flannel shirt
Is beginning to show development,
Is making vulgar contours
Onto the sculpture of his bust…
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Haim Be’er
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1970
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here in this carload i am eve with abel my son if you see my other son cain son of man tell him that i
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Dan Pagis
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1970
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When spring is asleep it palely awakens
In fields of fire the final battle will cease
And a wonderful morning from valley to hillside
Will rise up in singing and in joy.
The sun will stand still…
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Dudu Barak
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1971
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Advance the tribe of Levi and place them in attendance upon Aaron the priest to serve him. They shall perform duties for him and for the whole community before the…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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After the many marks of encouragement bestowed on me by a generous publick, I thought that I could not better evince my gratitude for such favours, than by disseminating to as wide an extent, and at…
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Daniel Mendoza
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London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1789
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I request my husband to dispose as follows:I would wish to be able to give my family in Berlin the capital of 10,000 gulden held for me by my husband . . . my pearls, as my favorite pieces of jewelery…
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Fanny von Arnstein
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1793
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This is the book of the generations/children of man, those that were born by my hands among the Hebrew women. I came to them, I the midwife, for they are vital [Exodus 1:15–19] and give birth to a son…
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Roza
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Groningen, Dutch Republic (Groningen, Netherlands)
Netherlands
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1794–1832
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When the Seven Years War broke out in 1756, I was the father of four children, and the cost of living was high. I had tried to make my way in the world like an honourable man. When the enemy Prussians…
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Aaron Isaac
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Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
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1801–1802
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For the two reasons specified below, I have given myself the surname “Wasserzug”; the first reason is that when I was five or six years of age, I was playing with some young children, I believe, in a…
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Moses Wasserzug
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Płock, Kingdom of Prussia (Płock, Poland)
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ca. 1820
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In the year 1803, on Sunday afternoon the 5th of June, I and my uncle, accompanied—from the town gate onwards—by a soldier, arrived at the bet midrash, located at the Zimmerhofe. The soldier left us…
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Leopold Zunz
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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Mid–19th century