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“No,” said Golder.
He moved the shade with a brusque gesture, so that the lamp light fell full on the features of Simon Marcus, who sat opposite him, at the other side of the table. For a…
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Irène Némirovsky
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Paris, French Third Republic
(Paris, France)
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1929
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I came to say good-bye. I was going away to the University of Missouri. My grandfather turned from the window at which he sat, looking across the lots at the parkway. To eyes used to…
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Charles Reznikoff
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New York City, United States of America
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1932
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This book was submitted for publication two years ago.Considering that within the realm of Jewish history in nineteenth-century Russia there is no systematically consolidated…
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Yisroel Sosis
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Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
(Minsk, Belarus)
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1929
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When we speak about the economy of a given nation, about the German, French, or Polish economies, we don’t mean the economic lives of all the people belonging, according to their race, language…
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Bernard D. Weinryb
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1938
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Iron Age II, Late 8th–7th Century BCE
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This is a Judean imitation of a popular Athenian coin type. On the front is the head of Athena, distinguished by her helmet. On the back is an owl, the symbol of Athena. To the left of the owl is a…
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Yehud, Land of Israel
(Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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The front of this coin depicts an animal horn, probably a shofar (parallel lines across the horn suggest horns of rams and some other animals). If this is a shofar, it likely signifies praying to God…
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Yehud, Land of Israel
(Southern Israel, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE
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Iron Age, 12th–6th Century BCE
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Found in Jerusalem in the plaza of the Western Wall and possibly made of limestone, the top register of this seal contains a garland of four pomegranates, one of which was damaged when the seal was…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE
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This seal, found at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, shows a uraeus or upright cobra with four wings. Modeled on the black-necked cobra that applies its venom both by biting and spitting, it was…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB–IIC, Late 8th–7th Century BCE