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It was close to Passover. In the house, Passover was already present. But Father was not in a holiday mood. He looked at nobody and even his appearance changed. A yellow cast covered his face.
He had…
Contributor:
Yosef Rabin
Places:
Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1945
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This is how things go with your average Jew. But Hershele is not your average Jew. It wasn’t by chance that he was famous in all of Ostropol, in all of Berdichev, and in all of Vilyuisk.
Hershele…
Contributor:
Isaac Babel
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1918
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The other day I met a Jew from Shklov on Arbat Street, directly opposite the entrance to the Vakhtangov Theater, and he told me about the moon he knew in Shklov, which urged him to Moscow. The Jew was…
Contributor:
Shmuel Godiner
Places:
Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1928
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Hebrew woman, who knows your life?
You came in darkness and in darkness depart.
Your sorrows and joys, your hopes and desires
Were born within you and die in your heart.
Daughters of other nations
Ma…
Contributor:
Judah Leib Gordon
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1875