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In the Thirties Europe meant French. But was it only then? Not in earlier centuries? A bloody lesson learned that Europe was Balmazújváros as well as Notre…
Contributor:
Ottó Orbán
Places:
Manchester, United Kingdom
(Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1978
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This is a universal history of the Jewish people in that it fully corresponds to the contents and the scope of this…
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Simon Dubnov
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Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
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1925–1929
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The character of a people, as of an individual, cannot be grasped in its totality. It is recognized by us exclusively in that unfoldment and development in time which we call…
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Hans Kohn
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1924
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The light passes through the curtain and brightens it, spreading a dull glow over the night-table and drawing a single shining line over the edge of the ashtray. The woman’s one eye follows it until…
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Youval Shimoni
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1990
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This omer calendar, marking the days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, is still used at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. The letters stand for H=Homer (Ladino for Omer); S…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
18th century
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Israel David Luzzatto
Places:
Trieste, Habsburg Empire
(Trieste, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1775
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While the townsfolk knew that an archbishop was coming, no one in Skalle [Skala, today Ukraine] made a big fuss about the news. It was only when pine gates were set up at the entrance that people…
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Fradl Shtok
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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One morning, Noa woke up and asked, “Is today Monday, Mommy?”“No,” Mommy said. “Today’s Tuesday. Monday was yesterday.”Another morning, Noa woke up and asked Daddy, “Maybe today’s Friday?”“No,” Daddy…
Contributor:
Nira Harel
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1979
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Asher bar Samuel ha-Kohen, Leyb ben Samuel Oppenheim
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1624
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A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven:
A time for being born and a time for dying,
A time for planting and a time for uprooting the planted;
A time for slaying…
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE