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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
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A moon full of shimmering honey,
Exuding joy.
What bird beats in my heart?
Fly away—away, but not alone.
What am I shy? What?
Thick empyrean wine.
I’ll take a wicker bottle,
To the cemetery alone…
Contributor:
Elena Shvarts
Places:
Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1980
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During the weeks that Eleazar spent in pious contemplation in old Asia, the people of Barcelona took pains to persecute the Jews. It was they, once again, who made it hard for Spanish merchants to…
Contributor:
Else Lasker-Schüler
Places:
Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1921
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The holy Balshemtov walked in the field
In the cold dawn went walking in the field
As winds were blowing from the north.
Bitter cold from the north.
His limbs started to freeze.
Once his limbs were…
Contributor:
Zishe Landau
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1916
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The towering life of the towering city
Is burning in white fires.
And in the streets of the Jewish East side
The whiteness of the fires burns even whiter.
I like to stroll in the burning frenzy of…
Contributor:
H. Leivick
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1923
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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