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We’re Laughing Our Heads Off
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We’re laughing our heads off: None of us wears a top-hat We just go around with heads—or without heads— But the Rabbi of Uman Holds up a mirror to the sun. We laugh our heads off When a gang comes…

Contributor:

Leyb Kvitko

Places:

Kyiv, USSR (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1923

Subjects:

Rabbis, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Violence, Hasidism, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
Jewish Badkhonim-Actors
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Some decades ago Jewish badkhonim-actors [jesters] were still a very common phenomenon. Most of the time the badkhn was not only an entertainer improvising rhymes and funny sayings, but also an actor…

Contributor:

Dov Ber Slutsky

Places:

Kyiv, USSR (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1936

Subjects:

Life cycle, Rabbis, Dance, Performing arts, Scholarship

Categories:

Historical writing, Theater/Drama, Performing Arts
A Story about a Rabbi, Followed by a Letter (in Kol mevaser)
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One of the most important things that the government has introduced in Russia to improve education among Jews is the decree that each community must choose a…

Contributor:

Berish Rozenblum, Menashe Margolis

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1864

Subjects:

Scholarship, Rabbis, Community, Education, Yiddish, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts