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  • 101ART — This article is arranged according to the following outline: Antiquity to 1800 INTRODUCTION: JEWISH ATTITUDE TO ART biblical period the sanctuary and first temple period second temple period after the fall of jerusalem relation to early christian …

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  • 102CZECHOSLOVAK LITERATURE — By force of historic circumstances, Jews in the Czech lands – Bohemia and Moravia – before World War I tended on the whole to identify themselves with the culture of the ruling Austrians, while Jews in Slovakia mostly absorbed Hungarian culture.… …

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  • 103THE MIDDLE AGES — …

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  • 104MODIGLIANI, AMEDEO — (1884–1920), painter. Modigliani was born in Leghorn, the son of a small businessman. One of his brothers, vittorio emanuele modigliani , was an active Socialist leader. Amedeo studied art in Florence and Venice. In 1905 he went to Paris. While… …

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  • 105WEIZMANN, CHAIM — (1874–1952), first president of the State of Israel, president of the (World) Zionist Organization (1920–31 and 1935–46), and distinguished scientist. He was born on Nov. 27, 1874 (8 Kislev 5635), in the village of Motol near Pinsk, in the… …

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