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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…
In the past there were no children among Jews, only “little Jews without beards,” so neither was there any children’s literature. Boys in the traditional heder used to read Ḥumesh [The Pentateuch]…
There are more than enough proofs that an important new Jewish community is being created in America. Jews come here to settle—permanently. Jewish life is becoming more and more established. America…
In this city there are, in effect, for an approximate total of 60,000 Jews, about thirty Israelite culture groups, which are developing with relative prosperity and an excellent measure of success…
Despite all the great difficulties and obstacles, the school in Demievka soon attracted the attention of the Kiev Jewish public. The remote muddy little street in Demievka became a central location…
The Jewish population in the United States has grown from a quarter of a million to about one million. Scarcely a large American town but has some Russo-Jewish names in its directory, with an educated…
June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]Dear Sir:Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the following…
Dos naye lebn (New Life) was a Yiddish literary and political monthly founded and edited by Haim Zhitlovsky and published in New York. Among the topics debated in its pages was the question of whether…
As Jews we hope: firstly, that Yiddish folk-literature, which the young Jewish generation has created for the Jewish people, will continue to grow, attract more talent, and attain the same level as…