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Contributor:
Charlotte Salomon
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Date:
1941–1943
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A peasant was transporting a large cart of hay. He had to pass through a low gateway, but the cart couldn’t pass under it. People advised the peasant to wear glasses with magnifying lenses, so that…
Contributor:
S. Beilin
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
Second half of the 19th century
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Date:
1709
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[May] your mornings [be] blessed,
[May] your life [be] long,
[May] your enemies [be] shrouded, dead,
[May] your [hot] breakfasts [be] poured, cooled.
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The Jews of Zakho, Kurdistan
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Zakho, Ottoman Empire
(Zakho, Iraq)
Date:
17th Century
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Eighteenth-century German amulet printed with unique designs. The use of the names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicates the use of this amulet as a birth protection for…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Artist Unknown
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1950
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I must now say something of the condition of the Jewish schools in general. The school is commonly a small smoky hut, and the children are scattered, some on benches, some on the bare earth. The…
Contributor:
Solomon Maimon
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1792–1793
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I want to recount a beautiful tale. I ask that the men relax. Listen, and see how marvelous it is how merciful God restores justice for us.
Jacob:
He said to his son, I wanted to send you to find out…
Contributor:
Moses Samuel Konfino
Places:
Bucharest, Ottoman Empire
(Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1862
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Romeyn de Hooghe
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1665–8
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Contributor:
Catherine da Costa
Places:
London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
Date:
ca. 1720