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Leslie Kimmelman
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Morton Grove, United States of America
Date:
2000
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My experience with discrimination—especially at the hands of the Paul, Weiss firm over my Sabbath observance—caused me an embarrassing moment during my interview for the Supreme Court clerkship I did…
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Alan Dershowitz
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Boston, United States of America
Date:
1991
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Egyptian Jewish American author André Aciman describes celebrating his last Seder in Egypt with his bags packed to leave his homeland for good.
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André Aciman
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1994
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[…] I made the mistake of stopping in for Sabbath services. Dutifully I tried praying but was distracted by the dance of light reflecting from people’s wedding rings on the walls. When everyone stood…
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Daniel Asa Rose
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2000
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The purpose of the Kol Nidrei proclamation is to forgive those—and tragically there have been many of them—who throughout history have, under threat of torture or death, been forced to renounce the…
Contributor:
Howard Greenfeld
Places:
Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1979
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He was learning about the Jewish festivals from Leo. The arrival of the new year was suddenly upon him, and that’s when he decided that fasting on Yom Kippur would be a fine adventure. The…
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Bernardo Verbitsky
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1941
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This year I traveled a long way
to view the silence of my city.
A baby calms down when you rock it, a city calms down
from the distance. I dwelled in longing. I played the hopscotch
of the four…
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Yehuda Amichai
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1968
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Father glared; Willy smiled. Father sat erect, his skullcap square on his head; Willy slouched, all relaxed, his cap slung at an angle like a beret. One declaimed the Hebrew text, loudly…
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Isaac Rosenfeld
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1946
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Once again, following our custom of addressing readers [of the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), April 3, 1863] in view of the upcoming celebrations, we open the book of books, our holy Torah, in order…
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Daniel Neufeld
Places:
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1863
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August is flat and still, with ever-thickening green
Leaves, clipped in their richness; hoarse sighs in
the grass,
Moments of mowing, mark out the
lengthening summer. The ground
We children…
Contributor:
John Hollander
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1965