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Rebbe Levi YitskhokTsine, his wifeKhayim, their sonGnendl, their daughterTaybele, their daughterHenekh Yoel, gabbaiOyzer, butcherZavl, butcherItsheMordkheMoysheKhveder, shabes-goyPave…
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Peretz Hirshbein
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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A notated version of a wordless Hasidic niggun, melody, attributed to Shneur Zalman of Liady, the founder of Chabad Hasidism.
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
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Lyady, Russian Empire (Lyady, Belarus)
Date:
ca. 1800
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A big room divided in two by screens. One half represents a bedroom where Odele reclines sadly on a sofa. The other half represents Bontsye’s room: on a table lie a taytsh-khumesh [the Tsene…
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Abraham Goldfaden
Places:
Iasi, Kingdom of Romania (Iasi, Romania)
Date:
1893
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Scene: A small garret room. A door is set in a deep recess at the back; there is another door at right. It is night. Several small children are bedded on wooden benches, and several more are asleep in…
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Mark Arnshteyn
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1905
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In three acts by the famous author Yitsḥak Katzenelson.Karmel, a rich Jewish timber merchant Mr. KharazYoḥanan, his son Mr. MikhaleskoBill, a gypsy captain Mr. LandauTarta, an old gypsy…
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Unknown
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1917
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The songs that are found in the following collection are genuine folk songs: folk songs in the fullest sense of the word. These songs are now being published for the first time. After having wandered…
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Yehudah Leib Cahan
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1912
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A porch stage left, a little window. A tree at right. Under the tree a table on a wooden beam. Two solid old benches. In the background, a fence with an entrance in the middle. Behind the fence,…
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Alter-Sholem Kacyzne
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1925
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Arn-Wolf—parnes khoydesh (chairman of the kahal, the community council)Beyle—his wifeStere—his daughterRabbiFirst and Second Dayen (judges of the bes din…
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Moyshe Kulbak
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Minsk, USSR (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1936
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Young Man:Tell us, Bar Kochba, the words to useWhen we return to our homesAnd tell of meeting you.Bar Kochba:For taking of the people’s land,For stealing of the people’s wealth,For towns…
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Shmuel Halkin
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Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1939
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A whole world of railways appeared in our time
They carry their passengers—poor men and rich.
Admire the wonder, but bear this in mind:
It’s really a parable, meant just for you.
It is we who are…
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Elyokum Tsunzer
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1875