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Our master, the holy rabbi, told a tale of the Ba‘al Shem Tov (may his memory be for a blessing to the life of the world to come!). There was once a matter involving great danger to the human life of…
Contributor:
Reuben Zak
Places:
Ustyluh, Russian Empire (Ustyluh, Ukraine)
Date:
1906
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Anyone familiar with our Russian Poland knows what Jews mean by a small shtetl, a little town.
A small shtetl has a few small cabins, and a fair every other Sunday. The Jews deal in liquor, grain…
Contributor:
Israel Aksenfeld
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1861
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In Alexander Tyshler’s illustration for a Yiddish version of the Sleeping Beauty story, characters seated around a table are packed together like puzzle pieces, enclosed in a rectangular shape from…
Contributor:
Aleksandr Tyshler
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1918