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1930: Work Must Not Cease
A performance of Karel Capek’s R.U.R. at the Haohel Theater, Tel Aviv in 1930. The play opens in Rossum’s Universal Robots (thus the title), a factory which manufactures artificial humanoids designed to be perfect obedient workers. At first, the robots … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 1930's, 20th Century, Automata, Czechoslovakia, Drama, Israel, Karel Capek, Labor, Language, Palestine, Photography, Rebellion
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1964: Oh, My Mangled Head!
In his book Alice in Many Tongues (1964), Warren Weaver spends the last chapter using a curious method to evaluate various translations of Alice in Wonderland. He takes the same passage from each translation—a portion of the Mad Tea-Party—and asks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Africa, Alice, Books, Children, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Language, Poetry, Poland, Russia, South America, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Translation, USA, Warren Weaver
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1973: Head Sculpture
Efrat Natan: Head Sculpture (1973)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Efrat Natan, Israel, Performance Art
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1793: In Saddam Hussein’s Basement
Title page of a volume from a multi-volume Talmud set published in Vienna in 1793 by Yozef Hroshontsḳi and recovered from the flooded basement of the Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters, in 2003. Tens of thousands of Jewish documents were … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century, Archives, Books, History, Iraq, Israel, Judaism, Saddam Hussein
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