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God, Robin and me had the funniest time trying to decide. I mean it was bizarre. I suppose we had always assumed we would do it, but then, well, when you actually think…
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Jeremy Gavron
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
2002
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From the balcony, Fuad was heard to groan, “That’s all we need today. Ya rab, that’s all we need.”
Shoshana was frightened. “What’s happened?”
“Come see.”
Her two sons hurried before her. Over their…
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Sami Michael
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Haifa, Israel
Date:
1977
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I left his house
Of my own volition.
In order to build him a house
Of my own volition.
But it seems my father
Remained solitary
And neglected
Not of his own volition.
I was moving towards my…
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Avot Yeshurun
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1974
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Boy’s house. Boy. Three soldiers. The Boy is wounded all over. Twitches. Finally falls silent.
Pale Soldier:He dead or just—?
Flushed Soldier:Dead.
Pale Soldier:’Cause if he’s not dead—
Flushe…
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Hanoch Levin
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1997
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Hanging her corals on the night she leaves
silent, possessing nothing.
A moon dives, a splash extinguished
in a wall of water.
Alone, just herself, the path
blown clean with white godhead
twists…
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Yocheved Bat-Miriam
Places:
Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1941
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Grieve not at all on my departure for the Land of Israel (may it be built and established!). You gave me indeed a firm promise to that effect. And why should you be anxious? Many men travel years long…
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Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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ca. 1797
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I was present at the last birth. My wife and I had done the natural childbirth exercises. We were ready. The doctor was kind and easy.
The child was born, my fourth child, a boy. After three girls…
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Herbert Gold
Places:
San Francisco, United States of America
Date:
1972
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Abel Pann
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1916
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My son, heed the discipline of your father,
And do not forsake the instruction of your mother;
For they are a graceful wreath upon your head,
A necklace about your throat.
My son, if sinners…
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Biblical Period
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The Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu, depicted here in a combination of human and animal features, was invoked to prevent the malicious actions of the demon Lamashtu, who was believed to endanger newborn…
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Beth Shean, Land of Israel (Bet She’an, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 8th–7th Century BCE