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A Jewish Wedding in South Russia
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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…

Contributor:

Samuel Weissenberg

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Folklore, Jewish identity, Holidays, Antisemitism, Dowries

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage
Expedition Findings on East European Jews
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Khaye-Gite came. She is a typical grandmother. She talks to God quietly, politely. She wasn’t too keen on telling us about being a grandmother. She just told us a few things. She knows lots…

Contributor:

S. An-ski

Places:

Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1912–1913

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Family, Community, Education

Categories:

Literature, Reportage, Memoirs & Diaries
The Organization of the Jewish Proletariat in Russia
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Anyone arriving from Western Europe by steamship to Mohilev for the first time will be struck on the dock by nothing as much as by the enormous throng of…

Contributor:

Sara Rabinowitsch

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Class, Rebellion, Human rights, Jewish identity, Poverty

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage
Subscription Notice
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Subscription for the Year 1903 to the First Daily Zhargon (Yiddish) Newspaper in Russia, Der frayndPublished in Saint Petersburg by Sh. Ginzburg and Sh. Rapaport [S. An-ski]

Contributor:

Shaul Ginsburg

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Yiddish, Writing, Jewish identity, Jewish languages

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Advertisements, Reportage
Page of printed Yiddish text, with one line of Russian text at the bottom of the page.