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“That which is well known needs no proof,” and the root cause is the skilled operating of the printing shop in the holy community of Żółkiew [Zhovkva], may the Rock preserve it, which was established…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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Lublin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Lublin, Poland)
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1699
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Early 16th Century
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In this scene from Mūsā nāmā (The Book of Moses), Phinehas (bottom right) surprises the Israelite Zimri in forbidden intercourse with the Midianite woman Cozbi and impales the two of them on his lance…
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Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī, Artist Unknown
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Tabriz, Ottoman Empire
(Tabriz, Iran)
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1686
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The violence of the Passover song “Had Gadya” (“Who Knows One”) clearly spoke to this illustrator’s sense of horror following World War I.
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Menachem Birnbaum
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Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1920
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Henryk Berlewi
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Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
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1923
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Isaac David Knafo
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1939
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Will Eisner
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New York, United States of America
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1940
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Ben Shahn
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1957
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Groningen, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Groningen, Netherlands)
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1794
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Despite gender restrictions, Jewish women played central roles as religious leaders in the early modern period. Meet the female leader of one of the most controversial cults in Jewish history.
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ca. 1771