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The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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I was lying in bed sick when, on January 5th, 1868, the first issue came out. Understandably, the party line and the competition tried to alienate from me János Jankó, the illustrator of the…

Contributor:

Adolf Ágai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Politics, Artists, Satire, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
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Letter to Shmuel Niger on the New Jewish Book
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Deeply respected Niger,I ask you to endure me in Russian.I want to express to you my happiness that we are approaching the time of the new Jewish book, a book created with love towards [the thing]…

Contributor:

El Lissitzky

Places:

Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Print, Jewish identity, Writing, Artists

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Yiddish Literary Café
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The puritanically strict observance of the closing hour in London, the lack of continental-style coffee-houses, and perhaps also the isolated situation of the by no means untroubled British Isles may…

Contributor:

Egon Erwin Kisch

Places:

Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1924

Subjects:

Artists, Yiddish, Salon, Writing

Categories:

Literature, Journalism, Humor & Satire, Firsthand Accounts
The History of Borsszem Janko (Johnny Peppercorn)
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Cartoon in the satirical weekly Borsszem Jankó, depicting the first generation of Borsszem Janko’s writers and illustrators at Kávéforrás (the Coffee Fountain) on Fürdő Street in Budapest, Hungary.

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Humor, Writing, Cities, Class, Artists

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
Print of men sitting around a table in room with central column.