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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1620
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And now, why is it that I ask you, and beg of you, like a son who begs of his father, that you do everything that you possibly can to emigrate to this holy place? If there is no other reason, then it…
Contributor:
Samuel Picho
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1500
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Eliah Forli
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1614, 1623
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In the Name of the Blessed God.In consideration of the fact that it is needful for the prosperity of this Kaal Kados [congregation—Ed.], which God bless, to have the service of a Haham who should…
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The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London
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London, Kingdom of England
(London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1681
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We, Leopold, elected Roman Emperor by the grace of God, in the name [of the House of Hapsburg], the name of our heirs and our descendants, with this letter proclaim publicly that we have graciously…
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Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1703
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There are two things I ought to make clear. First, almost as soon as she starts telling me about her career (as we wade through the sleet from the bus stop to the market), my grandmother declares that…
Contributor:
Masha Gessen
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London, United Kingdom
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1998
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The cloak makers have hit upon an outstanding plan. Everybody knows that the greatest enemies of strikes are often the wives of the strikers themselves. That which the bosses cannot achieve with money…
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Unknown
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1894
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Groningen, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Groningen, Netherlands)
Date:
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…
Contributor:
Akiva Eger
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Poznan, French Empire
(Poznan, Poland)
Date:
1814
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1695