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Blessed Adonai,
may Haman always die,
viva Mordechai,
Esther my lady.
Viva my lady,
blessed Adonai,
may Haman always die,
viva Mordechai.
David:
It is…
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Unknown
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1699
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Madame Butterfly [Impassively, her eyes narrowing]:Speak concerning marriage once more, you die! [She fans herself. Suzuki salaams and backs quickly toward the door. Madame Butterfly claps her hands…
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David Belasco
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1900
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An Explanation of the Plot of this Book
Naʿma is the daughter of a caïd of one of the regions in Iraq, and Nuʿman is her paternal first cousin, whom she married while her father was still alive. When…
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Abraham Daninos
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Algiers, French Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)
Date:
1847
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A porch stage left, a little window. A tree at right. Under the tree a table on a wooden beam. Two solid old benches. In the background, a fence with an entrance in the middle. Behind the fence…
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Alter-Sholem Kacyzne
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1925
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arn-volf—parnes khoydesh (chairman of the kahal, the community council)
beyle—his wife
stere—his daughter
rabbi
first and second Dayen (judges of the bes…
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Moyshe Kulbak
Date:
1936
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Young Man:
Tell us, Bar Kochba, the words to use
When we return to our homes
And tell of meeting you.
Bar Kochba:
For taking of the people’s land,
For stealing of the people’s wealth,…
Contributor:
Shmuel Halkin
Date:
1939
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Yetkhen:
And how crude he was with me! He wants to arrange with Papa to marry me! How do you like that? I’d like to meet the man who’ll force me to marry someone! No! No father can do that—I…
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Aaron Halle-Wolfsohn
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Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (Wrocław, Poland)
Date:
1796
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Scene I. A Valley with a neat Cottage on the right, an Arbour on the left, and picturesque Mountains at a distance.
Enter from the cottage, Jasper and Jenkins.
Jenkins:
And so, neighbour, you…
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Mordecai Manuel Noah
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1819
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Gadhi, A Paria
Maja, his Wife
Benassar, Indian Attendant
Contributor:
Michael Beer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1823
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Yakhne-Brayne [Reading slowly and with difficulty so that the words run together in a monotone.]:“And God caused the Temple to be destroyed and said, ‘I will remember your sins and you will devour…
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David Pinski
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1906