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Among the wrestlers competing in the current tournament in the Panorama [Building] on Karowa Street, fighting for the 1912 Polish Championship, is a Jew called Vildman.He has become quite famous, in…
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Menachem Kipnis
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1912
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Linguistic folklore in literature is a component of realistic style. At first, new or renewed literature is usually realistic. The same reasons that introduce…
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Meir Viner
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Kyiv, USSR (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1928
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Professor Fishl Shneerson (Warsaw): Out of great respect for YIVO…
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YIVO
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Vilna, Second Polish Republic (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1936
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Der fraynd (The Friend) was the first Yiddish daily in the Russian Empire. Founded by Shaul Ginzburg in St. Petersburg in 1903, Der fraynd was for several years the only Yiddish daily permitted in the…
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Shaul Ginsburg
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1903
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Many Jews in America owe their spiritual-intellectual development to the progressive Yiddish-language periodicals that are published here. But the existing progressive Yiddish-language periodicals are…
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Alexander Harkavy
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1897
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This story admittedly took place a long time ago and furthermore in a far-off land—in England, in fact. Yet in spite of everything, it is still important and worthy of being…
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Isaac Meyer Dik
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1889
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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]
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Shaul Ginsburg
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1903
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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…
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Boris Kletzkin
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1913
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The problem of creating a body of translated literature in Yiddish is very important and must be solved systematically. This serves the interests of our original [Yiddish] literature best.
[I will…
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Moyshe Litvakov
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1918–1919
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Dear Friend,You asked me in your last letter to write about America, what kind of country it is and what life is like here. I had to smile as I read your words. [ . . . ]In order to describe America…
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Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1895–1905