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Among the figures of contemporary ballet on the Maryinsky’s stage, Mathilda Kshesinskaya constitutes a phenomenon of exceptional interest. Her name enjoys great fame, her talent—unusually brilliant…
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Akim Volynsky
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
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1911
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This ketubah (marriage contract), was signed in Bayonne, France, whose Jewish community originated with New Christians from Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth century. It marks the wedding of Isaac…
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Artist Unknown
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Bayonne, Kingdom of France (Bayonne, France)
Date:
1705
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Shabbetai Sheftel Auerbach
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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1706
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Abraham ben Shabbetai Kohen
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1719
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Servius de Levis
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Verona, Republic of Venice (Verona, Italy)
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16th Century
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Chaim Soutine
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Paris, French Third Republic (Paris, France)
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1925–1935
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All discussions pertaining to the Jews must begin with some very gloomy observations. The Jews are, everywhere, a minority group, and it is a particular misfortune these days to be a minority group in…
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Isaac Rosenfeld
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1944
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June 1, 1918
Jewish music is the face of a frozen sphinx which, after the millennium of its antiquity, is still only on the path to discovering its secret, is only now waking to life…
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Aleksander Krein
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
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1918
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Deeply respected Niger,
I ask you to endure me in Russian.
I want to express to you my happiness that we are approaching the time of the new Jewish book, a book created with love towards [the thing]…
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El Lissitzky
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1918
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There are faces that God created to enchant you at first glance. Adore me, the face proclaims, and you adore it without knowing…
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Sholem Aleichem
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915