The libretto is a collection of fragments drawn from Byzantine liturgy, the Old Testament, the New Testament, Jewish-American eccentric Emanuel Bronner's “Rules for Life”, and an interpretation of commentary provided by individuals suffering from schizophrenia.
After moving his family several times, he settled in Escondido, California, where eventually his soap-making operation grew into a small factory.
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As his father was Jewish, he pleaded with his parents to emigrate with him for fear of the then-ascendant Nazi Party, but they refused.
Rahm Emanuel | Emanuel Lasker | Emanuel Swedenborg | Emanuel Leutze | Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria | Emanuel Ungaro | Emanuel Ax | Emanuel Schegloff | Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien | Till Brönner | Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg | Ethan Bronner | Emanuel Litvinoff | Emanuel Hahn | Emanuel Feuermann | Emanuel Cleaver | Emanuel Bowen | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Walter Emanuel Jones | Till Bronner | Emanuel Wynn | Emanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery | Emanuel Steward | Emanuel Schikaneder | Emanuel Mendel | Emanuel ('''Manny''') Rosenfeld | Emanuel L. Philipp | Emanuel Kiriakou | Emanuel Geibel | Emanuel Gat |