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My Tiny, Ugly World
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Never have I been content with my narrow, dark, gloomy world, and always am I aware of the contrast between the great, beautiful world and my tiny, ugly world. And always I say, “The place is too…

Contributor:

Yitsḥak Twersky

Places:

Shpikov, Russian Empire (Shpykiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Hasidism, Orthodox Judaism, Rabbis, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Letters
Letter on Education
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With the grace of God, Friday, before the Shabbat of the reading of Noah, 5672 [1911]. To our fellow Hasidim (in the city of Turov), My stomach turned and my ears burned on hearing the terrible news…

Contributor:

Israel Perlow

Places:

Stolin, Russian Empire (Stolin, Belarus)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Hasidism, Education, Piety, Conservative Judaism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling