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Response to a Writer’s Letter in Jutrzenka, January 3, 1862
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Correspondence Warsaw, 15 December 1861 Mr. Medard’s reply to our letter dated 15 November has not, in the least, surprised us; we had indeed expected it, exactly in the form in which it is composed…

Contributor:

Al. K.

Places:

Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1862

Subjects:

Economic life, Humor, Assimilation, Politics, Antisemitism

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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I was lying in bed sick when, on January 5th, 1868, the first issue came out. Understandably, the party line and the competition tried to alienate from me János Jankó, the illustrator of the…

Contributor:

Adolf Ágai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Politics, Artists, Satire, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
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The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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Cartoon in the satirical weekly Borsszem Jankó, depicting the first generation of Borsszem Janko’s writers and illustrators at Kávéforrás (the Coffee Fountain) on Fürdő Street in Budapest, Hungary.

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Writing, Cities, Class, Artists

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Print of men sitting around a table in room with central column.
Yidishe Mitsves (Jewish Good Deeds)
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The synagogues where older and more modest congregants pray are spared to some extent. It is a good thing that they are closed all day and all night and are opened only for early morning prayers and…

Contributor:

A. Grodner

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1866

Subjects:

Scholarship, Community, Education, Humor, Yiddish

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts