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Rosie thought about father—a repressed anxiety that never disappeared altogether and lingered as a dark shadow behind a light and joyful life, like the pale backdrop to a colorful stage—but she did…
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Carry van Bruggen
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1910
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Can you guess, children, which is the best of all holidays? Hannukah, of course.
You don’t go to cheder for eight days in a row, you eat pancakes every day, spin your dreidel to your heart’s content…
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Sholem Aleichem
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1900
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The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. Speak to the…
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This poem expresses the idea that since today is the day when seats are set up [for judgment], since the Jewish people has declared the New Month, therefore we need to run to God and prostrate…
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Joseph Yedidya Carmi
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (Modena, Italy)
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1626
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The book of Esther (also known as the Scroll [megillah] of Esther) is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example of a scroll from Venice has Hebrew text framed by arcades and borders…
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Aryeh Leyb ben Daniel, Francesco Griselini
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1746
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This Haggadah, decorated in the Ashkenazic tradition, was copied in northern Italy. As is traditional for Ashkenazic Haggadahs, illustrations appear in the margins and frame the text. At the top left…
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Artist Unknown
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1502
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Meanwhile the queen, wracked by internal anguish,
invites the king and Haman to her banquet
and in joyous hope awaits the sacred stream
of divine mercy form the holy fount-head;
her humble soul bowed…
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João Pinto Delgado
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Rouen, Kingdom of France (Rouen, France)
Date:
17th Century
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In a dingy kitchen
Facing a Ghetto backyard
An old woman is chanting Jeremiah’s Lamentations,
Quaveringly,
Out of a Hebrew Bible.
The gaslight flares and falls . . .
This night,
Two thousand…
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Alter Brody
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1918
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Vilna, my great matriarch, an established Jewish city,
Jerusalem of the Exile, an ancient nation’s consolation in the north!
This [poem] is your patched kerchief, like the roof of the old synagogue,…
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Zalman Shneour
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1923
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No, Moshe was not a serious Jewish boy. He was not committed to the history of the Jewish people. If he were asked to locate Tel Aviv on a map of Israel, I am not sure that Moshe could have done it.
I…
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Adam Thirlwell
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
2003