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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 Headband
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Anyone familiar with our Russian Poland knows what Jews mean by a small shtetl, a little town. A small shtetl has a few small cabins, and a fair every other Sunday. The Jews deal in liquor, grain…

Contributor:

Israel Aksenfeld

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1861

Subjects:

Shtetl, Cities, Hasidism, Communal organizations, Folklore

Categories:

Literature, Fiction