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Lament of the Daughter of Judah
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O Russians, you who love your fellow men! You would shudder from the bottoms of your kind hearts if you saw the effect of that terrible accusation which Jews who were eyewitnesses to the unjustified…

Contributor:

Lev Nevakhovich

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1803

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Violence, Enlightenment, Christian-Jewish relations, Emancipation, Poetry, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, 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, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do
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I’m in a rage, so angry that I don’t know what to do because of what just happened when I went out with a few good friends to take a walk in town, this lovely Sabbath day. We joined a crowd of rowdy…

Contributor:

Leone Modena

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Sabbath, Antisemitism, Violence, Christian-Jewish relations, Poetry

Categories:

Popular Poetry, Poetry