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Katerine Vrublevska had thick black curly hair, large, dark velvet eyes, a pale, dreamy, longish face and was fifteen years old.
Her classmates described her skin colour as “café au lait.” She knew…
Contributor:
Lili Berger
Places:
Paris, France
Date:
1970
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Laws are always tainted by the passions and the prejudices of the legislator.
—Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws
In 1807, Mordecai Blum, his wife Rebecca, and his son David were living in a…
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Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1841
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Aunt Feiga is making jam today. She has to hurry. The raspberry season will soon be over. So Aunt Feiga is all in a swivet; she has bought a huge bowl of raspberries and fifteen pounds of sugar and is…
Contributor:
Zalman Shneour
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Paris, French Third Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1929
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In the swirling ballroom, chandeliers poured a corrosive milk over diamond-laced shoulders, and perfumes spun coils of desire between men and languid women swept round by the orchestra. Solal…
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Albert Cohen
Places:
Geneva, Switzerland (Genève, Switzerland)
Date:
1930