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It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days, when King Ahasuerus occupied the royal…
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Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE
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Few events of a similar kind ever attracted the attention of the public, in such a degree, as the contests between Mr. Humphreys and myself. The long correspondence which passed between us previous to…
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Daniel Mendoza
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London, United Kingdom
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1816
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Once upon a time in a small village a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a little one-room hut. Because they were so crowded, the man and his wife often…
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Margot Zemach
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1977
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Max Jungmann
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1903
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In a faraway land over the seas
Lived a clever and wise king, if you please.
His name was not easy to say unrehearsed
King Leonard-Ferdinand-McCourt the first.
We’ll take on the public’s prudent…
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Efrayim Sidon
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1976
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Enough, you fools and idiots, enough!
Why do you come to me with sage advice?
Are you still infants? Are you soiling still
Your diapers and sheets with excrement…
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Jacob Frances
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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17th Century
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I was lying in bed sick when, on January 5th, 1868, the first issue came out. Understandably, the party line and the competition tried to alienate from me János Jankó, the illustrator of the…
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Adolf Ágai
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Budapest, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Budapest, Hungary)
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1887
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Translated by Noa Stollman.
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Etgar Keret
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Somerville, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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2000
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A woman beautiful in every way
I give you—pedigreed, with every skill—
And all you want to know is what’s the dowry!
That’s not the way to think; that’s faulty judgment.
If you’d appraise her…
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Jacob Frances
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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17th Century
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God creates the universe in seven days. Soon after the job’s done, he throws Adam and Eve out of their place for disobeying orders. The couple…
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Zoo Eretz Zoo
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1975