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Our classroom was on the upper floor and in the rear of the building. Its two large windows opened on a garden which, because it could be reached only by crossing M. Shalom’s apartment, was forbidden…
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Leon Sciaky
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New York, United States of America
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1946
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Now that the cup of poison is broken, there is no way out but to drink the cup of sorrows. . . .
My affirmation of life demanded that I should dedicate all the powers…
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Ephraim Lisitzky
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New Orleans, United States of America
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1949
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With the passing of childhood and the waning of the impatient eagerness of adolescence, I was rapidly realizing that this was neither the best of all possible worlds, nor one that the optimism of late…
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David de Sola Pool
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New York, United States of America
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1953
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There were two reasons why Di Yunge chose to carry on by themselves in a separate cafe. One was purely financial. The coffeehouse on Division Street was too dear for young writers, most of whom either…
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New York, United States of America
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1954
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I asked about a certain Russian poet. All good writers are poets to one extent or another, but that is a way of saying something. It is something else and clearer, to say that the poet is a very…
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Howard Fast
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New York, United States of America
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1957
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Berlin, 18 July 1777 Berlin, 13 Tammuz 5537
Dear Moses, may you live,
I hope that my letter will find you happy and in good spirits in Königsberg. We are all, thank G-d, well and alive, and when you…
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Fromet Guggenheim
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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1777
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Flat Bush, Saturday, 10 o’c[lock]., August 10th, [17]’81
My dear Abby: [ . . . ]
[ . . . ] By the by, few N.York ladies know how to entertain company in their own houses unless they introduce the card…
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Rebecca Franks
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Flatbush, United States of America
Date:
1781
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After the many marks of encouragement bestowed on me by a generous publick, I thought that I could not better evince my gratitude for such favours, than by disseminating to as wide an extent, and at…
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Daniel Mendoza
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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1789
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This is the book of the generations/children of man, those that were born by my hands among the Hebrew women. I came to them, I the midwife, for they are vital [Exodus 1:15–19] and give birth to a son…
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Wife of Leyzer ben Moses Judah Roza
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Groningen, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Groningen, Netherlands)
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1794–1832
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I truly heard a mouth of holiness uttering these words, namely the holy and honored one of the Almighty, the most renowned, illustrious, saintly, and godly kabbalist, our teacher, R. ḥayim of Sanz of…
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Jacob Landau
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Prague, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Czech Republic)
Date:
1810