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During the nineteenth century the lives of Jews in Russia underwent enormous changes. In pre-reform times most Jews lived in villages and small towns. Most were engaged in trade and…
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Naum Abramovich Bukhbinder
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Leningrad, USSR (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1931
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Brothers and sisters—all working poor
Wherever you might be scattered on earth
This banner’s now waiting for you, together.
Waving, wrathful, this flag is blood red.
We swear! We swear by the…
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S. An-ski
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Bern, Switzerland
Date:
1902
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Not far from Lódz is a small town called Brzezhin. It has been a town of tailors from the beginning of time. When it was under Russian rule, Brzezhin was a center for manufacturing cheap clothes for…
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Henryk Erlich
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1933
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It is not uncommon to find children of Jewish socialists with first names like “William Morris,” “Lassalle,” or “Bebel.” But we will definitely not find any children named after Karl Marx.
Morris…
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Borukh Charney-Vladek
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1918