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The Penknife
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Listen, Jewish children, and I will tell you a story about a penknife. It’s not a made-up story, but a true story that really happened to me. There was nothing on earth I yearned for as much as I…

Contributor:

Sholem Aleichem

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Children, Family, Education, Adolescence

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature
Temerl
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Cover image and page 4 of Moyshe Broderzon’s Temerl, illustrated by Joseph Chaikov. 

Contributor:

Joseph (Iosif) Chaikov, Moyshe Broderzon

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Children, Yiddish, Education, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Print & Book Culture
Page of Yiddish text with illustration of stylized bust of figure wearing necklace and crown next to a bird.