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Contributor:
Bernard Picart
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1722
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24 December. Sunday. [ . . . ]
This morning my nephew’s circumcision. A short, bow-legged man, Austerlitz, who already has 2,800 circumcisions behind him, deftly executed the affair. The oper is…
Contributor:
Franz Kafka
Places:
Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1911
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This silk cushion cover, embroidered with metallic thread and metallic braid, is thought to have been made in Istanbul. Divided into two horizontal planes, with a narrow border running on three of its…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
Late 17th or Early 18th Century
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Tuesday, parashat Shemini 5643 (1883), Sighet.
To the astute and erudite master, R. Eli Marder, may his light shine. I received your letter concerning the wicked men who do not allow their sons to be…
Contributor:
Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum
Places:
Sziget, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Szigetvár, Hungary)
Date:
1883