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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
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
16th and 17th Centuries
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The Hall of Remembrance is the main site for memorial ceremonies in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Built of basalt and concrete, it offers a somber contrast with the many buildings in Israel that are made of…
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Aryeh Elhanani
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1961
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Uzziah’s reinterment inscription, Jerusalem. King Uzziah (reigned 785–733 BCE) was a leper and therefore, according to the book of Chronicles, could not be buried in the royal tombs and so had to be…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE
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The panel shown here is part of an obelisk that contains a long inscription summarizing the triumphs of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858–824 BCE) until the thirty-third year of his reign. The…
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859 BCE–824 BCE
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His two months, namely, ingathering; his two months, namely, seed (or: sowing); his two months, namely, late sowing; his month, namely, flax-cutting; his month, namely, barley harvest; his month…
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Gezer, Land of Israel (Tel Gezer, Israel)
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10th Century BCE
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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)
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1554–1705
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Tombstone of Shifra Tamari (d. 1565), Padua, Italy. In the early modern period, most Jewish tombstones in Italy were Italian Renaissance in style. Hebrew epitaph poems, like the one on this gravestone…
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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1565
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This Assyrian-style monument commemorates the death of Josef Trumpeldor, who was killed by Arabs in 1920 at the Jewish settlement of Tel Hai. His heroic death and the idea of “one against many” became…
Contributor:
Avraham Melnikov
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Tel Hai, Mandate Palestine (Tel H̱ay, Israel)
Date:
1934
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The oldest Jewish cemetery in the United States is located in New York City; the grave of Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas can be seen here in the burial grounds of Congregation Shearith Israel.
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1798
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The (foreign) chieftains lie prostrate, saying “Peace.” Not one lifts his head among the Nine Bows.
Libya is captured, while Hatti is pacified.
Canaan is plundered, Ashkelon is carried off, and Gezer…
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ca. 1208 BCE