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Tseror perahim (A Bouquet of Flowers)
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I had recently published my work Ḥeker davar, and for other reasons, I was compelled to seek out the city of my birth, Vilna, and…

Contributor:

Abraham Uri Kovner

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1868

Subjects:

Education, Cities, Poetry, Enlightenment

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Historical writing
Ha-Shiloaḥ: Our Goal
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[ . . . ] However, the new Ha-Shiloaḥ will also be different from its predecessor in many important respects. Without a doubt, Hebrew literature has evolved and accomplished much over the past fifteen…

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Joseph Klausner

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish languages, Poetry, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Political Culture
Los CL Salmas de David (The 150 Psalms of David)
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I adapted the above psalm to my situation, for the blessed Lord freed me from the Inquisition—although broken, I was released and free—where I saw eleven seeming penitents burned to death for heresy…

Contributor:

David Abenatar Melo

Places:

Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)

Date:

1626

Subjects:

Theology, Poetry, Translation, Bible, Language & linguistics

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
An Introductory Talk on the Yiddish Language
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Ahead of the first verses of the Eastern European Jewish poets, I would like to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, how much more Jargon [Yiddish] you understand than you believe you do. I am not actually…

Contributor:

Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Yiddish, Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Performing arts, Poetry

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Speeches
All of the Books That Have Arrived at the Editor’s Desk
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    Future [Tsukunft], first compilation. Published by Tsukunft, St. Petersburg (1913). Ben-Ami, Big Fayvl and Little Fayvl (a short story). Published by Far undzere kinder…

Contributor:

Boris Kletzkin

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Writing, Yiddish, Jewish languages, Poetry

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Lists & catalogues