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The photomontages that Benor-Kalter began to make in the 1930s were a departure from his earlier straightforward style and allowed him to use photography to create visual metaphors. Here, a…
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Jacob Benor-Kalter
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Mandate Palestine (Israel, Israel)
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1929–1939
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Vishniac’s photographs of Jews in Eastern Europe, which were among the last to document these communities before their destruction in the Holocaust, have become iconic images. The best known of them…
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Roman Vishniac
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
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1935–1938
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The next day Marcel Schwartz registered at the labor exchange. [ . . . ]
Ten days later he heard clearly and explicitly: Marcel Schwartz! With trembling hands, he took his work notice, went home to…
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Shlomo Kalo
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1962
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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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In the Name of the Blessed God.In consideration of the fact that it is needful for the prosperity of this Kaal Kados [congregation—Ed.], which God bless, to have the service of a Haham who should…
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The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London
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London, Kingdom of England (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1681
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We, Leopold, elected Roman Emperor by the grace of God, in the name [of the House of Hapsburg], the name of our heirs and our descendants, with this letter proclaim publicly that we have graciously…
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Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1703
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Eliah Forli
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1614, 1623
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And now, why is it that I ask you, and beg of you, like a son who begs of his father, that you do everything that you possibly can to emigrate to this holy place? If there is no other reason, then it…
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Samuel Picho
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1500
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The telos (takhlit) of man’s activities, in the aspect (behinah) of having will and choice, is the ultimate human good (ha’hatslahah ha’enoshi’it). This excellence necessarily comes after the…
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Solomon Maimon
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1792
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This is the title page and the first page of Pitron ḥalomot (Dream Interpretation), a work incorrectly attributed to Hayya ben Sherira Ga’on. The book was published by Gershom ben Eliezer Soncino (d…
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Unknown
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1557