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For the first fifteen years of our lives, Danny and I lived within five blocks of each other and neither of us knew of the other’s existence. [ . . . ]
Danny and I probably would never have met—or we…
Contributor:
Chaim Potok
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1967
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“You found the victim?”
She nodded.
“Was she conscious at the time?”
“Yes. Baruch Hashem.”
“Pardon?”
“Nothing. Mrs. Adler was conscious.”
“That’s fine,” Decker said. He faced the uniforms. “Cordon off…
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Faye Kellerman
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1986
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I was out of the cavern no more than a minute, taking a last look around the square at the minarets, the moon, the domes, the Wall, when someone was shouting at me, “It’s you!”
Standing in my path was…
Contributor:
Philip Roth
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1986
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I have the good luck to be a Polish Jew.
If I were a Greek Jew, a Dutch Jew, a Turkish Jew, or some other kind of Jew, I would be miserable. Who would pay any attention to me and who would be…
Contributor:
Moyshe Nudelman
Places:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(New York, United States of America)
Date:
1947
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[…] There I am, a kid in Chicago. Not from a particularly religious family. On top of the world, in the middle of the middle class. Ten years old and an only child. The war over half a decade and the…
Contributor:
Stanley Elkin
Places:
Funks Grove, United States of America
Date:
1987
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Irving Berlin
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1915
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The Painter had a different personality. A tiny Polish Jew, he was famous as a creator of wonderful whimsical animals. He said:
“For my part I wanted to use stained glass. But the architect says we…
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Paul Goodman
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1949
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Lola (Leon Israel)
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1912