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My Tiny, Ugly World
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Never have I been content with my narrow, dark, gloomy world, and always am I aware of the contrast between the great, beautiful world and my tiny, ugly world. And always I say, “The place is too…

Contributor:

Yitsḥak Twersky

Places:

Shpikov, Russian Empire (Shpykiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Hasidism, Orthodox Judaism, Rabbis, Jewish identity, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Letters
A Bintel Brief
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Dear Editor,I am a Russian revolutionist and a freethinker. Here in America I became acquainted with a girl who is also a freethinker. We decided to marry, but the problem is that she has Orthodox…

Contributor:

The Forward

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Marriage, Orthodox Judaism, Secular Judaism, Family, Modernity, Journalism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Letters