Showing Results 11 - 20 of 20
Restricted
Text
[ . . . ] There are moments when the pile of worn clothing in the center of the rag room bestirs itself suddenly like a volcano and sends a pervasive fear throughout the large room. The…
Contributor:
Ka-Tzetnik 135633
Places:
Date:
1953
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
This episode occurred on Deribasov Street, about two years after the beginning of our story.
At that time our editorial office was located at the upper end of the street, in the…
Contributor:
Vladimir Jabotinsky
Places:
Mandate Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1935
Categories:
Restricted
Text
“It was my fault, Sammy. I aggravate you when you’re tired,” she said, sitting up and drawing his head to her. “I shouldn’t even have mentioned Ev. We ought to go to your family this year. It’s only…
Contributor:
Meyer Levin
Places:
Chicago, United States of America
Date:
1937
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
“Miss Duncan? The dancer? What is that—ballet?” No, it is not ballet. Missing here are the two predominant elements that make up modern ballet: there is neither dance technique nor women wearing…
Contributor:
Arkadii Georgevich Gornfeld
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1905
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
As [Saul] turned around to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart; [ . . . ]. And when they came there, to the Hill, he saw a band of prophets coming toward him. Thereupon the spirit of God…
Places:
Date:
Biblical Period
Categories:
Restricted
Text
Rabbi Ezekiel of Kozmir and his followers were great believers in the divine principle of joyousness.
Reb Ezekiel himself was a giant of a man, standing a full head above his Chasidic followers, and…
Contributor:
Israel Joshua Singer
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1922
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
Image
And suddenly he lifted his eyes to see,
A stranger approaching the hill with the tree.
He jumped off the branch and hurried below,
Joining the old man who walked on the road.
Contributor:
Yocheved Saks
Places:
Bnei Brak, Israel
Date:
1977
Subjects:
Restricted
Text
“Even if you kill us, we will leave traces,” insists the poet. Poems such as this one affirm the power of humanity even in the midst of atrocities committed by neighbors.
Contributor:
Zuzanna Ginczanka
Places:
Date:
1942
Categories:
Restricted
Text
Silence, and a starry night
Frost crackling, fine as sand.
Remember how I taught you
To hold a gun in your hand?
In fur jacket and beret,
Clutching a hand grenade,
A girl whose skin is velvet
Ambus…
Contributor:
Hirsh Glik
Date:
1942
Categories:
Restricted
Text
As you die there in agony, brother,
Don’t be calling your comrades in vain.
Let me warm my hands on your body,
Make good use of the blood from your veins.
Stop crying, stop groaning, don’t be a…
Contributor:
Ion Degen
Places:
USSR (Soviet Union)
Date:
1944