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Account of His Visit to Lublin
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I was privileged to visit Lublin with my late father when I was a boy of nine, and I saw his [the Seer’s] face illuminated like torches. And when he opened the door to recite Ke-gavnah [An Aramaic…

Contributor:

Isaac Judah Yehiel Safrin of Komarno

Places:

Komarno, Austrian Empire (Komarno, Ukraine)

Date:

1815

Subjects:

Hasidism, Mysticism, Piety, Prayer & liturgy

Categories:

Mystical Texts, Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Victim Testimonies of the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom
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[This testimony was] given by rape victim Rivke Shif. She is the wife of Shabse Shif, a shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers. (He lived at 11…

Contributor:

Chaim Nahman Bialik

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Pogroms, Violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Sexism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage