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This is the story of what happened to Rabbi Simeon the Great, who lived in Mayence on the Rhine. Now Rabbi Simeon, he had three big mirrors hanging in his home. And in these mirrors…
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Jacob Pollak
Places:
Basel, Holy Roman Empire
(Germany)
Date:
Late 16th Century
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Leuchtentrager sets down his cup. “And there’s no end in sight to the confusion,” he says as though his mind were seriously troubled by this, “they say the Wandering Jew was seen again, not far from…
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Stefan Heym
Places:
East Berlin, East Germany
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1981
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Philipp Veit
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1819
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Open Letter to His Most Worthy,
Supreme Consistorial Counselor and
Provost Teller at Berlin, from some
Householders of the Jewish Religion
But when the more perfect comes, the
imperfect will pass…
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David Friedländer
Places:
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1799
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It is remarkable to observe how prejudice changes its form in every century in order to oppress us and to pose difficulties for our admission to civil society. In former, superstitious times, it was…
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Moses Mendelssohn
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1782
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[A coffee-houseFerrando, Don Alfonso and Guglielmo]No. i TrioFerrandoMy Dorabella couldn’tDo such a thing:Heaven made herAs faithful as she’s fair.GuglielmoFiordiligi simplyCouldn…
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1790
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I wish, then, to describe the four classes to which Jews today belong in order to derive therefrom the principal claim of this discussion, namely: to the extent that the Jews do not take advantage of…
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Lazarus Bendavid
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1793
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“There are two synagogues of the German Jews, and one of the Portuguese, twenty-four cubits broad and forty-two long. Each one has its own management; thus the income of one is not mixed with that of…
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Moise Vita Cafsuto
Places:
London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
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ca. 1735
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
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1767
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Anton Raphael Mengs
Places:
Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
Date:
1770