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In the Junk Cellar
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A large load of old rags and broken things had been delivered to the basement of the junk dealer today, and the newcomers were received unkindly and with surly faces in all corners. “Please do not…

Contributor:

Else Ury

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Children, Folklore, Satire

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature
Grininke beymelekh (cover)
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Grininke beymelekh (Little Green Trees), no. 1 (Vilna: B. A. Kletzkin, 1914.) The title of this Yiddish children’s journal, the first of the genre to appear regularly, was drawn from the Yiddish poem…

Contributor:

Zelig Melamed

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Children, Jewish identity, Humor, Aesthetics

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Page of Yiddish text with illustration of three boys next to a tree.
Bilderbuch (Picture Book)
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[Picture 1]I am king Solomon With scepter and crown Pikkolo is my chancellor. He stands near my throne. 

Contributor:

Adele Sandler

Date:

ca. 1905

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Children, Family, Holidays, Adolescence

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Visual & Material Culture
Illustration of two children greeting a man at the door to a dining room, where the table is set with flowers, cake, and lit candles.