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In 1919, when Kramer painted The Day of Atonement, modernist art depicting Jewish rituals was considered new and radical, especially in tradition-bound England. When the Jewish community of Leeds…
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Jacob Kramer
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Leeds, United States of America
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1919
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Early trauma—defence—latency—outbreak of the neurosis—partial return of the repressed material: this was the formula we drew up for the development of a neurosis. Now I will invite the…
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Sigmund Freud
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London, United Kingdom
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1939
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The opportunity for which we have been struggling has come. We have the opportunity of developing a Homeland, but nothing more than an opportunity. It is urgent that we enter upon the work, urgent…
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Louis D. Brandeis
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London, United Kingdom
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1920
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The character of a people, as of an individual, cannot be grasped in its totality. It is recognized by us exclusively in that unfoldment and development in time which we call…
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Hans Kohn
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London, United Kingdom
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1924
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In the nineteenth century, especially in the era before photography, it was common for artists to travel to exotic or picturesque locations in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, and to produce…
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Solomon Alexander Hart
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London, United Kingdom
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1850
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Simeon Solomon’s Carrying the Scrolls of Law, like other pre-Raphaelite paintings, explores the themes of spirituality and religious devotion. Solomon also explores the beauty of the young man…
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Simeon Solomon
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1867
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In 1950, when this photograph was taken, much of London’s East End was in ruins, the result of heavy bombing during World War II. Its glory days as a vibrant Jewish immigrant community were over, and…
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Photographer Unknown
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London, United Kingdom
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1950
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When the Central Synagogue was built on the site of London’s first Ashkenazic synagogue, which had been destroyed by bombing in World War II, David Hillman was commissioned to create twenty-six…
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David Hillman
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1962
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Born in Aldgate, London, bare-knuckled pugilist Daniel Mendoza was the first Jew in England to become heavyweight champion, a title that he defended twice before losing it to John Jackson on a ninth…
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Artist Unknown
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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ca. 1790
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We, the screamers, have been at it now for about ten years. We started on the night when the epileptic van der Lubbe set fire to the German Parliament; we said that if you don’t quench those flames at…
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Arthur Koestler
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1944