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Ha-Shiloaḥ: Our Goal
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[ . . . ] However, the new Ha-Shiloaḥ will also be different from its predecessor in many important respects. Without a doubt, Hebrew literature has evolved and accomplished much over the past fifteen…

Contributor:

Joseph Klausner

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish languages, Poetry, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Political Culture
Hope against Hope: A Memoir
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The death of an artist is never a random event, but a last act of creation that seems to illuminate the whole of his life under a powerful ray of light. [ . . . ] Why are people surprised when poets…

Contributor:

Nadezhda Mandelstam

Places:

Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1970

Subjects:

Resistance, Socialism, Communism, Death, Poetry

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Literature, Reportage
All of the Books That Have Arrived at the Editor’s Desk
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    Future [Tsukunft], first compilation. Published by Tsukunft, St. Petersburg (1913). Ben-Ami, Big Fayvl and Little Fayvl (a short story). Published by Far undzere kinder…

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Boris Kletzkin

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Writing, Yiddish, Jewish languages, Poetry

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Lists & Catalogues
Anthology of Songs and Melodies of Andalusian Heritage
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It seemed to us that there would be a real interest, for the natives and Arabists alike, to have between their hands a collection of ghernata [Granada] poetry as complete as possible and methodically…

Contributor:

Edmond-Nathan Yafil

Places:

Algiers, French Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)

Date:

1904

Subjects:

Arabic, Folklore, Poetry, Rural life, Gentiles

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage, Folklore