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This is the record of Adam’s line.—When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God; male and female He created them. And when they were created, He blessed them and called them Man.—When…
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Escamot made by the Brethren of this Holy Hebra of Bikur Hulim [visiting the sick—Ed.] and Guemilut Haçadim [giving of loving-kindness—Ed.], in company with the Senhores of the Mahamad [board of…
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The Bikur Ḥolim (Visiting the Sick) and Gemilut Ḥasadim (Giving of Loving-Kindness) Society of London
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
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1665
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For Joseph Kohen Balarin of blessed memory, to his brother, in Prague.
Wisdom brings strength to the wise, dear brother from a city of strength, elevated leader and rabbi, my brother and head, may…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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1615
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What I like about Catholic Heaven (I’d say Christian Heaven, but I’m afraid of making a mistake; I know very little about Evangelicals and Seventh Day Adventists) is that it has well-defined limits…
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Alicia Steimberg
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1992
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In her death agony—which lasted no more than an instant or two—Nazira Mualdeb reviewed the months preceding her granddaughter Alcira’s wedding and a torrent of ghostly images spontaneously abandoned…
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Teresa Porzecanski
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Montevideo, Uruguay
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1994
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Meanwhile Joy was telling me things about her life that I’d never known as a single-minded kid searching the neighborhood for a grape to burst—Joy was tossing into this agitated pot of memory called…
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Philip Roth
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New York, United States of America
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1997
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Many years later, in London, Father was once again revealed to me in that long-ago evening in Ramat Poriya, sitting on the fence with the Kinnereth lying like a carcass behind him, but this time the…
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Haim Be’er
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1998
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The Mother enters, carrying the dead Child in her arms; approaches the pile.
The Mother:Hello, dead children.
I brought my son here.
He’s dead. He’ll lie with you.
Dead Children:You…
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Hanoch Levin
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Palo Alto, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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1991
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Twoam.Roy’s hospital room. Roy’s body is on the bed. Ethel is sitting in a chair. Belize enters, then calls off in a whisper.
Belize:Hurry.
(Louis enters wearing an overcoat and dark sunglasses.)
Lou…
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Tony Kushner
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New York, United States of America
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1992
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Neḥama wife of Shalom Uri
Buried on Sunday, the 11th of Tevet 5337
This stone is a witness between us:
That death has climbed up into our window:
And eclipsed the…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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16th and 17th Centuries