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Without Jews, no Jewish God.
If, God forbid, we should quit
this world, Your poor tent’s light
would out.
Abraham knew You in a cloud:
since then, You are the flame
of our face, the rays
our eyes…
Contributor:
Jacob Glatstein
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1946
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The God of Israel is not rich.
I saw the Sistine Chapel,
Notre-Dame, the Cathedral of Cologne—
You can feast your eyes on them, you can enjoy.
The God of Israel is stingy.
He won’t fill his museum…
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A. Leyeles
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1943
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O God of Mercy
Choose—
another people.
We are tired of death, tired of corpses,
We have no more prayers.
Choose—
another people.
We have run out of blood
For victims,
Our houses have been turned into…
Contributor:
Kadya Molodovsky
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1945
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Siona Benjamin
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2000
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Michael David
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1993
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Abraham from Odessa changed his name. He had to if he wanted to get ahead at Ford where he got a job painting stripes on Model Ts. Fifty years later Albert retired, a vice-president in the tractor…
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Ken Aptekar
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1996
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There’s an old joke that’s told about a Martian who accidentally crashes his spaceship on the streets of New York. In search of a new set of tires for his craft, he happens to pass a bagel shop…
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Matthew Goodman
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2005
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Food was important not just as a means of survival, but also because, as Ma repeatedly told me, “it’s made with love that makes it taste so good.” As a toddler, perched on a chair, I watched each step…
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Ethel G. Hofman
Places:
Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
2005
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In the women’s prison where the Guards had taken Peacock, six people slept in a cell designed for one. They sat on the floor, occupying every rat-infested inch, blindfolded and handcuffed for weeks in…
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Gina Barkhordar Nahai
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Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1991
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Once Clara asked me, “How come your family emigrated to Canada, of all places? I thought the Jews went to New York.”
I was born Canadian, I explained, because my grandfather, a ritual slaughterer, was…
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Mordecai Richler
Places:
New York, United States of America
(Montreal, Canada)
Date:
1997