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A Din Toyre mit Gott/Der kadish fun rabi Levi Yitshok (A Court Case with God/The Kaddish of Rabbi Levi Isaac)
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“Good morning, Master of the universe! I, Levi-Yitzchok of Berdytschev, have come to hold Judgment with You concerning Your people Israel. What have You against Israel? Why have you imposed…

Contributor:

Levi Isaac of Berdichev

Places:

Berdyczów, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Berdychiv, Ukraine)

Date:

ca. 1790

Subjects:

Music, Exile, Hasidism, Yiddish, Nationalism

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Popular Poetry, Poetry
We’re Laughing Our Heads Off
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We’re laughing our heads off: None of us wears a top-hat We just go around with heads—or without heads— But the Rabbi of Uman Holds up a mirror to the sun. We laugh our heads off When a gang comes…

Contributor:

Leyb Kvitko

Places:

Kyiv, USSR (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1923

Subjects:

Rabbis, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Violence, Hasidism

Categories:

Poetry