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The plot of La Juive (The Jewish Woman), an opera in five acts, centered around a romance between a Jewish woman and a Christian man. It was one of the most popular operas of the nineteenth century.
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1835
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Artist Unknown
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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ca. 1848
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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831. One of the first grand operas, it caused a sensation when it debuted at the Paris…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1831
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Artist Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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1830
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Devorà Ascarelli
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1601
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All the letters in this beautiful new prayer book,
from beginning to end, I set with my own hands.
Gele, daughter of R. Moses the printer
and Frau Freide, who bore me among ten children, may they…
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Gele bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
Places:
Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg
(Halle, Germany)
Date:
1710
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You hold me now completely in your hands
My heart beats like a frightened little bird’s
Against your palm. Take heed! You do not think
A person lives within the page you thumb.
To you this book is…
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Gertrud Kolmar
Places:
Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1932
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I set the Yiddish letters with my own hands.
Elle, daughter of the respected rabbi Moses from Holland.
I am not more than nine years old.
Among six children I am the only daughter.
Therefore, if you…
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Behrend Lehmann, Elle bat Moses ben Abraham Ger
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Dessau, Holy Roman Empire
(Dessau, Germany)
Date:
1696
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Doña Reina Mendes
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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ca. 1593–1595
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Moyshe Broderzon
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Lodz, Second Polish Republic
(Łódź, Poland)
Date:
1921