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You understand, my sweet confessor, that I could be even more of a sinner than not, and I hope just the same for your absolution. In the meantime, I will tell you that after…
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Ettore Schmitz
Places:
Trieste, Kingdom of Italy (Trieste, Italy)
Date:
1896
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The New York Yiddish Theater opened its London season that autumn with what the drama critic of our building, a watchmaker named Shmulik, described as a daring translation of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing…
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Emanuel Litvinoff
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1972
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Most magnificent and honored bride, my lady I gaze upon you:
Since I left Piacenza, I can honestly say that I am far away from my life. Oh, how can I live, and how can I hold up my limbs when I am so…
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Honorata Foa, Salamone Candia
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1590
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Nighttime at the home of I. L. Peretz, and Shimon (aka Bernard) Kratko appears like a vision. Who masterminded an audience with Peretz, I can’t tell you, but it was all that mattered now, as if…
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Jehiel Isaiah Trunk
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1949
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I often said to a younger girl friend: “If you are marrying without love, after all, do not talk to your husband. Please him as much as your nature can tolerate; do not argue with…
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Rahel Levin Varnhagen
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1799–1800