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[One] of the most evident features of New York photography has so far not been addressed by writers: the fact that, in every account, the great majority of the photographers concerned were or are Jews…
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Max Kozloff
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New York, United States of America
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2002
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Groningen, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Groningen, Netherlands)
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1794
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When the leaders of the people were assembled, all the tribes of Israel together, on the evening of the twenty-first day of Adar 5572, to oversee the affairs of the general community and the needs of…
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Akiva Eger
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Poznan, French Empire
(Poznan, Poland)
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1814
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Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor.
—Thomas Gray, “Elegy Written in a…
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Meir Basri
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Baghdad, Iraq
Date:
1955
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Mel: I’m not having an anxiety attack. I’m a little tense.
Edna:Why don’t you take a Valium?
Mel: I took one.
Edna:Then take another one.
Mel: I took another one. They don’t work any more. [He…
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Neil Simon
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1970
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One day, Elijah the Prophet was walking down the road. It was a bright, sunny day. Tree branches blew softly in the wind, and small birds chirped around his head. As he walked, he began to think about…
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Nina Jaffe
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1997
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Rembrandt van Rijn
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1647
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This diploma of Doctor of Medicine was awarded to Jacob Mahler by the University of Padua, Italy. Mahler, born in Bingen-on-Rhine, Germany, studied medicine and philosophy, and in 1695 was awarded a…
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Artist Unknown
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1695
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Lo, here is seed [zera‘] for you (Genesis 47:23), blessed one of the Lord [berakh], his honor the eminent rabbi and great preacher and reprover, in honor of heaven, our teacher and rabbi, Berakh son…
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Abraham Isaac Ḥazak
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Zablotov, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zabolotiv, Ukraine)
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1725/6