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Manhattan, a high narrow kingdom as hopeful as any that ever was, burst upon him full force, a great and imperfect steel-tressed palace of a hundred million chambers, many-tiered gardens, pools…
Contributor:
Mark Helprin
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1983
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Caged in a city of refuge, unredeemed, though the High Priest is already dead; kept alive by the hope of being ransomed; at all times manacled in the chains and bonds of love; struck on the cheek…
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Judah Zarco
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1560
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Nissim Levy dodged out through the back fence. He said goodbye to Danino, but instead of running away, he stood still, not far from there, and tried to pick up some words from the…
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Ehud Ben-Ezer
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1963
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Unknown
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Dresden, Holy Roman Empire
(Dresden, Germany)
Date:
1716
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Joseph ben Issachar Süsskind Oppenheimer (1698–1738) was a financier and court Jew who served as adviser to Duke Carl Alexander. Economic reforms enacted by Carl Alexander (and informed by Oppenheimer…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
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Stuttgart, Kingdom of Prussia
(Stuttgart, Germany)
Date:
1738
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…He heard a thud in the living room, heard a thud, and couldn’t identify it: “Are you all right?” he called.
“I was just being careless,” M called back. “I’m all right.”
“You fell. Poor kid. What’d…
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Henry Roth
Places:
Albuquerque, United States of America
Date:
1994
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The courtyard of the home of Naomi and Yitzhak. On a table, drinks and dried fruits […]
Naomi:You look a little tired, Shmulik. […]
Shmulik:Yes…
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Roni Pinkovich
Places:
Haifa, Israel
Date:
1999
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convicted, with her husband,
of “conspiracy to commit
espionage”; killed in the
electric chair June 19, 1953
Contributor:
Adrienne Rich
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1981
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The leader and the soul of Iskra was Lenin. And although he was surrounded by a group of brilliant writers and first-class leaders (indeed, all enjoyed equal rights in a…
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Vladimir Medem
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1923
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(Genesis 4:8)
for D. G., my uncle
Abel, brother, yesterday the primal crime awoke me:
I had murdered your snow-white dreams and damned I was urging myself
endlessly on down the night-darkening…
Contributor:
Miklós Radnóti
Places:
Liberec, Czechoslovak Republic
(Liberec, Czech Republic)
Date:
1928