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Fishke the Lame
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Fishke started to narrate in his lisping, stammering way. “You seem to know I married the blind orphan girl, and after the wedding we lived well, like a Jewish couple should. I think I kept my part of…

Contributor:

Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)

Places:

Berdichev, Russian Empire (Berdychiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1869

Subjects:

Scholarship, Marriage, Economic life, Humor, Yiddish, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
How Does a Newspaper Survive?
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In order to survive, a newspaper needs numerous subscribers, the help of the community, paid publications, the aid of the friends of education, the generosity of the nation, and the support of the…

Contributor:

Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

Places:

Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1877

Subjects:

Scholarship, Economic life, Community, Sephardic, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts