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An event occurred to a person named Samuel, who was a great wise man down on his luck. He converted from Judaism and became one of the uncircumcised, accepting their religion. He learned their…
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Aaron Garish
Places:
Aleppo, Ottoman Empire
(Aleppo, Syria)
Date:
ca. 1527
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You, Jerusalem, I can never forget;
Rather, I remember you in my every joy,
With tears in my eyes, which never cease.
I am moved by grief and great sadness,
Not by mockery, nor happiness:
Solely to…
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Unknown
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Ancona, Papal States
(Ancona, Italy)
Date:
1556/7
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Here is the infamous [city] gate,
the one of the olive branch and the sword,
for those who leave, it is so closed
and for those who enter, so open.
If in you peace is exiled
you cannot offer that…
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João Pinto Delgado
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(Antwerp, Belgium)
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17th Century
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Going home on airless Elbow Street,
at three o’clock in the morning.
Lead me toward goodness, my God!
Peace-flowers bloom in these gray stones
and this dawn sky is peace.
Do You love me still, my…
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Zoltán Somlyó
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1911
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Once this was the heart of Warsaw—this labyrinth of sad narrow streets between tall tenement houses. Now this is a remote place, an ancient tumor on the body of the modern city, where its blood flows…
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Alter-Sholem Kacyzne
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1929
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Like a wooer and a husband
I devote myself to your faith
since being a husband does not imply
a courtly surrender.
Like a wooer I pursue your love
because I wish to merit
the privileges of a…
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Abraham Gómez Silveira
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do
because of what just happened when I went out with a few
good friends to take a walk in town, this lovely Sabbath day.
We joined a crowd of rowdy…
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Leone Modena
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
17th Century
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“You come from Poland, Monsieur David . . . ?”
“Davidovich.”
Lévy, his host, looking with desperation at the traveling salesman, supplied the name. Still sweating from fear, Lévy was now sweating for…
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Jean-Richard Bloch
Places:
Paris, French Republic
(France, France)
Date:
1912
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There was a boy, Raphael, and a girl, Judith. The latter gave promise of great beauty. Both received a careful education, in accordance with the requirements of the age, from a tutor, one Herr…
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Karl Emil Franzos
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1891
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I want to be a Pole. You have my word!
I want to reach the peak of Polishness
But I can find no way to manage:
They always shout: “You’re a jew!”
When I defend the jews from slander,
Hoping to…
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Leo Belmont
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1900