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Tit ha-yaven (The Miry Clay)
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Now we shall begin to describe the confrontation of the King of Sweden with the King of Poland. First, the aforementioned King of Sweden came to the holy community of Posen [Poznań], a major Jewish…

Contributor:

Samuel Feibush

Places:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Date:

1655

Subjects:

War, Monarchy, Death, Jewish quarters, Military

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
The Rebbe’s Grandson
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The terrace of the large coffee house in Berlin was almost empty, save for the occasional occupied table. The season had already turned autumnal. The weather was unpredictable, and the air carried a…

Contributor:

Hersh Dovid Nomberg

Places:

Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1925–1926

Subjects:

Family, Assimilation, War, Death, Marriage

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Editorial about Jews in the American Civil War
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Warsaw, August 15, 1861 [in the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), August 16, 1861]Everyone knows the reason behind the fratricidal war between secessionists and unionists in the United States. We touch…

Contributor:

Daniel Neufeld

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1861

Subjects:

Slavery, Race, Minority, War, Diaspora

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Journalism