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This section of the relief from the palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (reigned 705–681 BCE), in Nineveh depicting his conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE, shows Judahite inhabitants filing out of the…
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ca. 701 BCE
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This bulla, found near the Western Wall in Jerusalem in the remains of a seventh–sixth-century BCE building, depicts two men facing each other, each raising one hand toward the other with the other…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, 7th–6th Century BCE
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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ca. 1850
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Despite gender restrictions, Jewish women played central roles as religious leaders in the early modern period. Meet the female leader of one of the most controversial cults in Jewish history.
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ca. 1771
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This fringe from Kuntillet Ajrud, knotted from undyed linen threads, could be the fringe (tzitzit) that Israelites are commanded to wear on the corners of their garments, as indicated in Numbers 15:37…
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Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel
(Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)
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Iron Age II, Late 9th–Early 8th Centuries BCE
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The cartwheels rush,
quivering.
What is their burden?
Shoes, shivering.
The cart is like
a great hall:
the shoes crushed together
as though at a ball.
A wedding? A party?
Have I gone blind?
Who…
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Abraham Sutzkever
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1943
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[ . . . ] There are moments when the pile of worn clothing in the center of the rag room bestirs itself suddenly like a volcano and sends a pervasive fear throughout the large room. The…
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Ka-Tzetnik 135633
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Petah Tikva, Israel
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1953
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May my lord, the governor/commander, listen to the word of his servant! As for your servant, your servant was harvesting in Hatsar-asam. And your servant harvested and finished/measured and stored it…
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Meṣad Hashavyahu, Land of Israel
(Yavneh, Israel)
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Late 7th Century BCE
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Moses Pescarol
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Ferrara, Papal States
(Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
1618
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These depictions of Jewish women from Adrianople (present day Edirne, Turkey) is from a travelogue by French geographer Nicolas Nicolay, who is believed to have done his own illustrations. Considered…
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Nicolas de Nicolay
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1585