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I wipe the dust off my books
with a small t-shirt, an old t-shirt
which was once my son’s. We have
more dust this summer than last,
and its composition is different…
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Aryeh Sivan
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1989
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Neḥama wife of Shalom Uri
Buried on Sunday, the 11th of Tevet 5337
This stone is a witness between us:
That death has climbed up into our window:
And eclipsed the…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
Places:
Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
16th and 17th Centuries
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What shall the passive and lackluster do
if the pious and accomplished are swiftly felled by angels?
Quake, nations, and rich and poor fear ye the judgment day.
When the…
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
Date:
1554–1705
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The object of this publication, an Ethiopian text, is taken from a book of Falasha prayers which I acquired from Dabtarà Bàrok, a Jewish man of letters, in Adenkato. It contains the…
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Jacques Faïtlovitch
Places:
Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1906
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Free of any preoccupations, I allowed myself to seek out and investigate the Jews, their manners and customs. They are good-hearted folk, charitable and hospitable to strangers. They honor the Torah…
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Samuel Romanelli
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1792