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The new Rabbi pleased everybody, because he was beyond all doubt a righteous man. I was then a boy of twelve. My father received two letters from Rabbi Yukel on the subject of a good match for me in…
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Ber of Bolechów
Places:
Bolechow, Habsburg Empire
(Bolekhiv, Ukraine)
Date:
ca. 1790–1800
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To be given to my dearly beloved and pleasant son-in-law—who fears sin and all whose deeds are worthy—the respected Mr. Falk.
He who delivers this letter, on him be blessing.
From the holy community…
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Barukh Reiniger
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1619
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You won’t find the restaurant in the guidebooks, which is a pity. The owner—he was tall and wearing a sport jacket—greeted us at the door. Our table was waiting in the corner.
“And the food is quite…
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James Salter
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
2005
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The whole city was talking about Regina’s wedding. I should tell you first that Regina is one of our former students. People were saying, “Yes, Regina is à la franca” (the expression means “European…
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Djamilé Douec
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
(Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1903
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There were two reasons why Di Yunge chose to carry on by themselves in a separate cafe. One was purely financial. The coffeehouse on Division Street was too dear for young writers, most of whom either…
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1954
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One day I came back from my synagogue and sat down in my room to take breakfast—a bowl of milk and some bread, instead of the compote juice and butter cake that had been my customary…
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Mordechai Aaron Gintsburg
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1863
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To satisfy your doubt concerning my signature, I have to tell you, in all philosophical frankness, that I was born with a burning desire and the greatest curiosity to know, more as a way to get to…
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Joseph Attias
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Livorno, Kingdom of Italy
(Livorno, Italy)
Date:
1733
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Many good, blessed and pleasant years, may they surely come to you and to your head and hairs! To the hands of my lovely, dear, beloved husband, the pious and prudent, worthy R. Loeb, may his Rock and…
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Rachel Olivetti of Pesaro, Paul Christian Kirchner, Sarel bat Moses
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1619
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Most Distinguished Sir,
The undersigned, your most humble servant, is a wretched woman of twenty-three years of age. I was married for five and a half years to this Mr. Lucio Luzzatto, [but] I was…
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Relle Luzzatto Morschene
Places:
Trieste, Holy Roman Empire
(Trieste, Italy)
Date:
1794
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Nighttime at the home of I. L. Peretz, and Shimon (aka Bernard) Kratko appears like a vision. Who masterminded an audience with Peretz, I can’t tell you, but it was all that mattered now, as if…
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Jehiel Isaiah Trunk
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1949