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Toward a History of the Education of Russian Jews
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In our first series of discussions, we explored the struggle between the government and the Jews, which was initiated by the former and ended with its triumph over the latter; in the second…

Contributor:

Mikhail Morgulis

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

ca. 1863

Subjects:

Women, Gender, Education, Sexism, Politics

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Historical writing
The Brief Travels of Benjamin the Third
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“Hey, hey, out of my way!” shouted a driver from the seat of his coach as he nearly ran into two women standing in the middle of the busiest street in Glupsk, both carrying…

Contributor:

Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)

Places:

Žitómir, Russian Empire (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)

Date:

1878

Subjects:

Humor, Rural life, Women, Community, Yiddish

Categories:

Historical writing, Humor & Satire