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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

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
The Tageblatt’s Shining Year
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Contributor:

Yidishes tageblatt

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Yiddish, Economic life

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Journalism
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