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When I see Hannah in full light, when I remember Naomi, perfect in splendour—my soul is aflame for Hannah, my spirit is kindled for Naomi.
Here I am, sitting on the fence: Hannah, as of today, is my…
Contributor:
Wenceslaus Hollar, Immanuel Frances
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17th Century
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I am the creeper, the wild one
Climbing your garden hedge,
Reaching, a red one, a wild one,
Up to your window ledge;
To inhale your dress’ rustling
As on your floor I lay,
To pale in the light of…
Contributor:
Mani Leib
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1918
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[Same setting as the first act.
Jonah sits at his workbench. Across from him, on the bench, sits Zilberman. Next to the large table, Miriam stands and mends a shirt. The air shaft window is…
Contributor:
Peretz Hirshbein
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1905
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Burning kisses now are born
Within his heart for his chosen—
And, landing on red little lips,
Immediately are frozen.
Then a frisky little horse
Overturns the sleigh—
A snowy, stony canopy
Buries…
Contributor:
Fradl Shtok
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1910
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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)
Alexandria, British Protectorate of Egypt
(Alexandria, Egypt)
Date:
1918
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Eyner hot lib a kale mit a sakh gelt, der anderer hot lib a kale on a hemd.
Some like a bride with a lot of money, others like a bride without a stitch of clothes.
Khuts…
Contributor:
Ignatz Bernshteyn
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1908
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The first man, Adam, lies in the grass,
And spits at a passing cloud,
Humbly, the cloud says, “Adam,
Please, would you cut that out.”
But Adam sticks out his tongue
And…
Contributor:
Itzik Manger
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1935
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Léon Weissberg
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Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1926
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for V. Kaverin [Veniamin Kaverin, born Zilber, Soviet writer]
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Lev Lunts
Date:
1922
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“Alec,” she said meekly, “you’re wearing out my carpet.”
He stopped. “Pardon?”
“Why the Man of Destiny act?” she asked.
He stared at her uncomprehending.
She put her hand on his arm and shook him. “Oh…
Contributor:
Betty Miller
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1935