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“One morning—it was the fourth day of Hanukkah (the holiday of the Maccabees), when we were readying ourselves to celebrate the victory of our heroic ancestors, which was the capture of Antioch—the…
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Osip Rabinovich
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1859
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Blessed and powerful God, eternally [ . . . ] universal ruler, Lord of Hosts; we have come to beg of you and pray for the safety of the state, as you ordered us through your prophet: “Seek the welfare…
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David Hisquiau Baruch Louzada
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Jodensavanne, Dutch Colonial Empire (Joden Savanna, Suriname)
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ca. 1790
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Alphonse Lévy
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Paris, French Third Republic (Paris, France)
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1870–1871
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Because of an error on the part of the graphic artist, the map of the world was printed without Switzerland. The country was swallowed up in the mauve of France, the blue of Germany, the Italian…
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Dror Burstein
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2004
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Thenjiwe:What place is this?
Zachariah:John Vorster Square!
Thenjiwe:Aaaah!
Susan:They told me that they were going to charge me. That meant a lot of things. That I would be sent to Diepkloof to await…
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Barney Simon
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Date:
1985
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Excerpt from the Order of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense:
. . . It is recommended that all commanders (from platoon leader to head of staff) change their family names—be they German…
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Mordecai Nimtsa-bi
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Haifa, Israel
Date:
1948
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These high officials were not accustomed to wearing European-style shirts. When they decided to dress in the European style, they asked a certain ham, Daniel Andjel, whose shop at the Women’s Market…
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Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1902
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Alexis Joseph Depaulis, Augustin Dupré
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Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
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1806
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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1840