His father carved umbrella handles, but when umbrella …
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His mother stepped about her kitchen, complaining in a low …
Passing the shop after school, he would look up at the sign …
Their new landlord was a handsome man. On his rounds to …
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When he was four years old, he stood at the window during a …
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During the Second World War, I was going home one night …
Before the break of day the minister was awakened …
So proudly she came into the subway car …
It was nearly daylight when she gave birth to the child, …
Leaving the beach on a Sunday in a streetcar …
I saw him walking along slowly at night …
The house in which we now lived was old— …
Followed by his lodge, shabby men stumbling over the …
“The lamps are burning in the synagogue, …
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This was a season of our fathers' joy: …
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I saw within the shadows of the yard the shed …
In a world where each man must be of use …
The Jewess, Hadassah, takes the name of the moon-goddess, Esther; …
To begin with, the slaves had to wash themselves well, …
Torquemada. Now that Castile and Aragon in holy wedlock …
They landed and could …