Mammuthus
Mammuthus (mammoth) Line of
Pleistocene elephants adapted to steppe and
tundra habitats. The tusks were elongated and strongly curved, and the skull was shorter and higher than that of other elephants. The woolly mammoth was adapted to arctic environments. The largest mammoth, indeed the largest
proboscidean of all time, was
Mammuthus armeniacus of Eurasia, which stood about 4.5 m at the shoulder.
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DRAMATIZATION OF PERETZ FABLES TO SET TONE FOR JEWISH HOLIDAYS.(NORFOLK COMPASS)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 9/25/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...known Yiddish storyteller Isaac Loeb Peretz. It dramatizes a central tenet...s Saturday presentation of Isaac Loeb Peretz's fables are, from left...vignettes by Yiddish storyteller Isaac Loeb Peretz When: 8:30 p.m. Saturday...
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Yiddish on my mind
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/13/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Bilgoray, Poland, which is also Isaac Bashevis Singer's home town...He has never looked back. 1. Isaac Loeb Peretz (1852-1915), author. "For...Holocaust did to Yiddish culture." 3. Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991...
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Imagination, magic, love in 'Jewish Stories'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Jewish Stories." A collection of short works by Isaac Loeb Peretz, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Grace Paley and Bernard Malamud...Piven from the late 19th century Polish-bred writer Peretz, is a fine little showcase for three students in...
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NEWS AND NOTES.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 9/27/1997; 621 words
; ...present a performance this evening of ``The Theater of Peretz,'' a Broadway play based on the passionate and humorous...of 19th-century Yiddish storyteller and dramatist Isaac Loeb Peretz. The play, by 2nd Story Theater, will be at 8:30...
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'Festival of Jewish Stories' uneven, but enjoyable
Newspaper article from: Lincolnshire Review (IL); 11/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...and her late husband, Byrne Piven, from a story by Isaac Loeb Peretz) was almost too ethereal to get a handle on, with three...approach. Its closing image, however, was haunting. Isaac Bashevis Singer's story "Zlateh the Goat" was charming...
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Killer serials
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/5/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...liberally from Jewish traditions in this novel, with Bontche Schweig - a character from the classic Yiddish tales of Isaac Loeb Peretz - making a brief appearance, and Elijah the Prophet an even briefer one. There are also cameo appearances by various...
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Isaac Loeb Peretz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Isaac Loeb Peretz The Jewish poet, novelist, and playwright Isaac Loeb Peretz (1851-1915) was the leader of Yiddishism, a cultural movement...
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Isaac Loeb Perez
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Isaac Loeb Perez see Peretz, Isaac Loeb .
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