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By the rivers of Babylon,
there we sat,
sat and wept,
as we thought of Zion.
There on the poplars
we hung up our lyres,
for our captors asked us there for songs,
our tormentors, for amusement,
“Si…
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Kingston, Kingdom of Great Britain
(Kingston, Jamaica)
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1722
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Mikri (“little one”) Wife of Yehuda Hamon (d. 1642)
Yesterday I was playing on the earth, in my husband’s embrace, like a tiny lamb, And an angel came and preyed upon me in his wrath…
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Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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1642–1704
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
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1705
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Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
Behold, and see our disgrace!
Our heritage has passed to aliens,
Our homes to strangers.
We have become orphans, fatherless;
Our mothers are like widows.
W…
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Nir Hod
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New York, United States of America
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2005
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Jane Logemann
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New York, United States of America
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1995
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Mindy Weisel
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Washington, United States of America
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1979
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Her bitter soul is anguished, because of her ailing wound.
The city one teeming with people is desolate, the Holy City that she had inherited.
For the glorious, sweet land, tears descend like a…
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Michael Müllner, Netanel Crescas
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First Half of the 17th Century
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Now since the episode of the earthquake has already been mentioned, in order that all those who come after us should be aware of it, I shall place on record what occurred in relation to the earthquake…
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Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1688