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Life is like a river;we are fish.The water’s wholesome and freshand we would swim forever,but for a black figureon the riverbank.There Satan stands,in his handsa fishing rod,and catches fish.With a…
Contributor:
Y. L. Peretz
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1888 and 1908
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There are many riddles in life,
Mounds and mounds of answers too;
The wise men have many solutions,
The morons have a desire for life.
Once a wise man told me:
“There is one essence of being,
Only…
Contributor:
Jacob Steinberg
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1907
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Deep in the woods stands my tent,
No one will discover me,
Late at night and at first dawn,
I hear the revel of the spring
From the deep roots underneath,
To the moss-covered trunks,
From…
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Yehoash (Solomon Blumgarten)
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1914
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The sum of suffering is greater
Than the sum of happiness.
That’s what a philosopher said
Long ago, years and years.
The waves of suffering wash away
Happiness’s tiny isle.
The bridge of suffering…
Contributor:
Yosef Rolnik
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915
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Zemah Davidsohn
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1863
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Artist Unknown
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Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
Date:
1754
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Hijman (Ḥayim ben Mordecai), Marcus, and Anthonie Binger
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Amsterdam, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1820
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In 1829, German Jewish metallurgist Lewis Feuchtwanger attempted to introduce a metal alloy known as “German silver” into U.S. coinage, promoting this nickel silver as a less-expensive alternative for…
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Lewis Feuchtwanger
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1837
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Artist Unknown
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Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia (Gdańsk, Poland)
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1838
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Artist Unknown
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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1858–1859