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The Cursed Well
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Even though the town has a well right in the middle of the marketplace, many of its finest people use river water that they have to carry from the edge of the town half a mile away. The river water is…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1899

Subjects:

Cities, Folklore, Community, Children, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
The Golem
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Great men were once able to perform great miracles. When the ghetto of Prague was under attack and marauders wanted to rape the women, roast the children, and murder everyone, when it seemed that all…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Jewish quarters, Violence, Folklore, Gentiles

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Simkhe Platke, or the Universal Swindler
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Now in that same shtetl there lived a youth named Shimen, but he was nicknamed Simkhe (joy, celebration) and Plakhte (coarse cloth) because he was barefoot and almost naked and that was all he wore…

Contributor:

Yankev Morgenshtern

Places:

Lodz, Russian Empire (Lodz, Poland)

Date:

1870s or 1880s

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Folklore, Shtetl, Rural life, Morality

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Folklore