Tombstone of Isaac ben Hayyim

In 1827, Tsar Nicholas I issued a statute that effectively made Russian Jews liable to military service, as part of a policy that sought to transform the Jewish population into integrated subjects who…

On a wagon, bound for market There’s a calf with a mournful eye High above her, there’s a swallow Winging swiftly through the sky How the winds are laughing They laugh with all their might Laugh…