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Moshe Mizrachi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1902
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Are we always and in all circumstances united with our surroundings, so that only the synagogue, rather than society, attests to separation?
Do not believe that in such unity and cooperation I mean…
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Abraham Wertheim
Places:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1893
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Passover is coming soon and I ask you to invite me to the seder. Let me in!
I won’t cost you very much. I don’t eat kneydlekh! Don’t serve me maror, the bitter herbs—I was born with them!
Do not ask…
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David Pinski, Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1895
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Signs of a new spirit among certain circles of the Jewish intelligentsia can be detected even in the private sphere, within the four walls of their homes. It happens—admittedly, not very often, but…
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Esther Frumkina
Places:
Minsk, Russian Empire
(Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1908
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[Picture 1]I am king SolomonWith scepter and crownPikkolo is my chancellor.He stands near my throne.
Contributor:
Adele Sandler
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1905
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Of all festivities celebrated among the Jews in southern Russia, the wedding ceremony has suffered the greatest loss of characteristic elements of folk tradition. Even among the poorest, weddings are…
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Shmuel Veisenberg
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1905
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[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
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Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1896
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Arthur Kolnik
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Paris, France
Date:
1948
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Robert Frank
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1955
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Dear Parents:
I hope my letter will ease your mind. You can now be reassured and send me one of the family to Charleston, South Carolina. This is the place to which, with God’s help, we will go after…
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Rebecca Samuel
Places:
Petersburg, United States of America
Date:
ca. 1792