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The next day Marcel Schwartz registered at the labor exchange. [ . . . ]
Ten days later he heard clearly and explicitly: Marcel Schwartz! With trembling hands, he took his work notice, went home to…
Contributor:
Shlomo Kalo
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1962
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I don’t know what possessed me, but I decided to take the guided tour of Frankfurt. The minute I set eyes on the American tourists and heard the practiced laugh with which the…
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Dan Ben-Amotz
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1968
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We waited half through the night, with the news leaking out to us. The confessions were going well. The time was long because the state’s attorney was going over each fact, nailing down the evidence…
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Meyer Levin
Date:
1956
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The Lion’s Chancellor, the Wolf, was taken to court by all the animals, who complained that no living being was safe from his predatory jaws. “This insatiable creature…
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David Friedländer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1779
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When Jephthah set out for the road
He did so full of happiness and joy.
He had a daughter, a solitary cypress,
Her visage fairyborn; two…
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Aaron ben Mashiaḥ
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Isfahan, Ottoman Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
Date:
1692
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The house known today as the House of the Sun is a large stone structure next to the synagogue. But long, long ago it was called the Devil’s Head, and it was…
Contributor:
Yuspa Shamash
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Worms, Free Imperial City of Worms
(Worms, Germany)
Date:
1696
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Reason:Righteousness, beloved of my soul, may your heart be of good courage. Gird yourself with vigor, for, the further salvation seems to be…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Early 18th Century–1740
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It is Wisdom calling,
Understanding raising her voice.
She takes her stand at the topmost heights,
By the wayside, at the crossroads,
Near the gates at the city entrance;
At the entryways, she…
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Biblical Period
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A printing error? Are your eyes getting weaker? No! You have read entirely correctly—although you may find this headline irresponsible, although . . . you find no words. Is it not precisely mistrust…
Contributor:
Ilse Aichinger
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Vienna, Allied-occupied Austria
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1946