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Contributor:
Solomon Yudovin
Date:
ca. 1918
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Gray as a dove, toward evening, my grandfather came from the pasture;
He made up his bed and said a prayer of confession,
Then inwardly bade his farewell to the world
And closed his eyes, utterly…
Contributor:
Moyshe Kulbak
Date:
1929
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I must revive the experiences of the revolutionary path traversed in order to share memories and knowledge with workers and the younger generation. They want and need to have an…
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A. Beilin
Date:
1929
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This book was submitted for publication two years ago.Considering that within the realm of Jewish history in nineteenth-century Russia there is no systematically consolidated…
Contributor:
Yisroel Sosis
Places:
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
(Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1929
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One day Bereh turned up in the yard. An unseasonably warm glow coated the world, glazing the storm windows with an unexpected spring sheen. He walked slowly down the…
Contributor:
Moyshe Kulbak
Places:
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
(Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1931
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It is written: All the men of Israel . . . knit together as one man (Judg. 20:11). Just as one man is composed of many limbs, and when they become separated it affects the heart…
Contributor:
Shneur Zalman of Liady
Places:
Liozna, Russian Empire
(Lyozna, Belarus)
Date:
Late 18th–early 19th century
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From other friends—poets, creators,
who are dear to me always,
I step away today,
Feffer,
and turn to you!
The battles still rage
on our literary planet
but it’s time to consider
the creative…
Contributor:
Aharon Kushnirov
Date:
1930
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The Great Synagogue of Slonim was one of the prominent synagogues of the region, a testament to the prosperity and status of the town’s Jewish community. Today, it is the best-preserved synagogue in…
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Slonim, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Slonim, Belarus)
Date:
1635–1642
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This graphic depiction of the Passover song “Had Gadya” (“Tale of a Goat”) juxtaposes the collective memory of the exodus from Egypt with Soviet revolutionary art and politics.
Contributor:
El Lissitzky
Places:
Vitebsk, Russian SFSR
(Vitebsk, Belarus)
Date:
1919
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
Places:
Lyady, Russian Empire
(Lyady, Belarus)
Date:
ca. 1800