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I forget meticulously
I forget scrupulously
my native landscape
my daily landscape
I forget the ragged
I forget the billowy
clouds in a sky
clouds over a town
I forget to the end
I forget…
Contributor:
Anna Frajlich
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1973
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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned…
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Emma Lazarus
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1883
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I think of my father who believes
a Jew can outrun fate by owning land.
Slave to property now, I mow
and mow, my destiny the new Egypt.
From his father, the tailor, he learned not
to rent but to own…
Contributor:
Robin Becker
Places:
Boalsburg, United States of America
Date:
2000
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Farewell, farewell,
Tomorrow I depart.
I’ve sewn myself a pack
And had my hair cut off.
I’ve got myself a belt
That’s tethered to my chains,
Said good-bye to all my neighbors
Through the wall that…
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H. Leivick
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1915
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If one examines the biblical account of the origins of Israelite monotheism and the story of its battle with and eventual triumph over paganism, he will discover a…
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Yehezkel Kaufmann
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1937
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Oh my God, my God,
Mighty One of my existence,
have mercy on Your lost son
who has wandered from the ancestral path
and, exiled to cold and unfamiliar climes,
sought to be close to You,
but has not…
Contributor:
Hillel Bavli
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1923
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Today, the Sherit Hapleita has an ideology of its own—this despite the fact that in its outlook on life, in its politics, and its culture, the group is no more unified and no less divided than other…
Contributor:
Samuel Gringauz
Places:
New York City, Allied-occupied Germany
(Germany)
Date:
1947
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Michael Gitlin
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1985
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Oh, Father of great mercy
In sunset’s flame there fades
My cradle land
That was once nearer to me than my salt-crusted shirt
Where with my brother Russian
I shared more than once
A measly bite of…
Contributor:
Yoysef Kerler
Places:
New York, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1990
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inasmuch as men and women / in their infinite goodness /
believe in God / is it possible that God /
in his infinite goodness / believes in men and women
believes in me / right now / when my heart is…
Contributor:
Juan Gelman
Places:
Berkeley, United States of America
(Mexico City, Mexico)
Date:
1993