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Jewish community is fading in Cochin, India.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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COCHIN, India _ On this island of ancient Indian culture, with its red-tiled roofs and winding alleyways, the question seemed out of place:
``Will you join us for Sabbath prayers?'' Mr. Ashkenazi asked.
And so, instantly, a Californian became linked to the dwindling Jewish heritage of Cochin, India's beguiling and mysterious trade center, where the world's cultures have mingled and merged and existed peacefully for two millenia.
There on Jewtown Road stood six men _ the traveler and five locals, including one drooping man in a singlet who barely pushed ...
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Truth and lies in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Queen's Quarterly
; ...Fyodor Dostoyevsky WHEN the young Count Leo Tolstoy was visiting Paris in 1857, he...being humiliated by its old enemy, Tolstoy was further affronted that yet...voice of the omniscient narrator. Tolstoy's intention was not just to set...
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Tortured Noble.(Noble: The Story Of Leo Tolstoy)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch
; ...morganreynolds.com 1-800-535-1504 Count Leo Tolstoy was the most famous Russian writer...War and Peace'. As an author, Tolstoy was able to infuse the lives of...Tortured Noble: The Story Of Leo Tolstoy" by freelance writer and...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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TOLSTOY ROOTED IN COUNTRY SOIL.(Living)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...However, the manor which nurtured Tolstoy became a burden in his final years...the night, at the age of 82, Tolstoy and a daughter fled from Yasnaya...CAPTION(S): PHOTO AT HOME - Count Leo Tolstoy, inset, wrote his greatest works...
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Tolstoy humanitarian award for Dalai Lama
Newspaper article from: India Abroad
; ...George India Abroad 08-31-2001 Tolstoy humanitarian award for Dalai Lama An award named after the daughter of Count Leo Tolstoy will be presented to the Dalai...Lama, almost 60 years ago, Ilya Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy's grandson, went to...
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Tolstoy's home stands test of time.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(PARTY LINES)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...czarist-era country estates, Count Leo Tolstoy's Yasnaya Polyana,was a luxurious...pride, "All Russians are raised on Tolstoy and [they were] even during the...regime." Of course it did help that Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) hardly fit...
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 "The Moscow Times (Russia)")
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BOOKWORM: Tolstoy's Tomes, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia)
; ...and a half centuries - including the 13 children of Leo and Sofia Tolstoy. The book also reveals one juicy and little-known fact: Count Leo Tolstoy and another great Russian writer, Ivan Turgenev...
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An Encounter with Tolstoy
Magazine article from: Humanities
; ...conscience she had so long admired-Count Leo Tolstoy. More than a novelist, his writings...and the hoped-for meeting with Tolstoy. Addams had a letter of introduction...Maude, the Englishman who was Tolstoy's authorized translator. They...
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Day's Outing Aboard the Tolstoy Train, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia)
; 00-00-0000 When Count Leo Tolstoy once decided to walk the 200 kilometers...took him a whole week. Normally, Tolstoy made the trip in two days, stopping...also used to be a trying one for Tolstoy fans. You had the choice of driving...
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PETER TOLSTOY, 86; NOVELIST'S GRANDSON.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...Byline: Associated Press Peter Tolstoy, whose grandfather wrote "War and Peace," is dead at 86. Tolstoy fled Russia as a child during the...the grandson of Russian novelist Count Leo Tolstoy. The writer died in Russia in...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1897:Visit to Tolstoy
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; International Herald Tribune 09-10-1997 PARIS Professor Lombro-so's visit to Count Leo Tolstoy enabled the criminologist to become acquainted with the great writer. The professor found him well and hearty. For some years...
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