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Aaron:
It’s all a plain lie. It’s because our Jews throughout the land in the little villages are so primitive, so stupid, they can’t even read. Anyone will tell them the most absurd things and they…
Contributor:
Israel Aksenfeld
Places:
Leipzig, Kingdom of Prussia
(Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
Mid-19th Century
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A dialogue in the land of the living between our teacher, R. Moses Maimonides, the Spaniard, and our Teacher Moses, son of Menaḥem [Mendelssohn] of Dessau, and an anonymous third person.
On the day of…
Contributor:
Aaron Halle-Wolfsohn
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1794–1797
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French and Russian they matter not,
A blow for a blow and a shot for a shot;
We love them not, we hate them not.
We hold the Weichsel and Vosges-gate,
We have but one—and only hate,
We love as one…
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Ernst Lissauer
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(Germany, Germany)
Date:
1914
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Karle:Who is coming? What do I hear! God Almighty!
[Markwitz standing in the door.]
Markwitz, tall, thin appearance. Threadbare elegance of the nineties. He is, without a doubt, a…
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Max Reinhardt
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1901
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Blessed Adonai,
may Haman always die,
viva Mordechai,
Esther my lady.
Viva my lady,
blessed Adonai,
may Haman always die,
viva Mordechai.
David:
It is…
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Unknown
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1699
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For decades, my efforts have been directed at purifying the old modes [die alten Weisen]. Through [general] use and arbitrary treatment they have suffered tactless changes and distortions. I…
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Louis Lewandowski
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1882
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The attempt to edit a songbook for Jewish organizations is such an entirely new undertaking—one without any precedent whatsoever—that it would appear necessary to offer a few words of…
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Heinrich Loewe
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1894
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Gadhi, A Paria
Maja, his Wife
Benassar, Indian Attendant
Contributor:
Michael Beer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1823
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A systematic collection of the traditional songs of Oriental Jews is of great importance, both for the elucidation of the vocal music used in synagogues and for the study of the origins of…
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Avraham Tsvi Idelsohn
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1914
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Bernhardi:I beg your pardon, gentlemen; a visitor whom I have to receive. Please dine—Oscar, have the kindness—
[All enter the dining-room. Bernhardi closes the door and pulls the portiere. Enter Pr…
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Arthur Schnitzler
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1912