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My restlessness is of a wolf, and of a bear my rest,
Riot shouts in me, and boredom listens.
I am not what I want, I am not what I think,
I am the magician and I’m the magic-trick.
I am an ancient…
Contributor:
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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There are faces that God created to enchant you at first glance. Adore me, the face proclaims, and you adore it without knowing…
Contributor:
Sholem Aleichem
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915
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It is the duty of all Jews in New York and the vicinity to come to the People’s Theater on Thanksgiving—matinee and evening—as well as every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to…
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Unknown
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1909
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The songs that are found in the following collection are genuine folk songs: folk songs in the fullest sense of the word. These songs are now being published for the first time. After having wandered…
Contributor:
Yehudah Leib Cahan
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1912
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There are things in this country too—
And if they find no streetlamp pole,
There will be a tree—and that means clearly
That a Negro over twenty years old
May hate all things which spire
To hold a man…
Contributor:
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1934
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Esteemed Friend and Editor:
Recently a friend of mine, who is a member of the Workmen’s Circle Chorus, visited, bringing with her the…
Contributor:
J. Levitt
Places:
Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1918
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Abishag. Little, young, warm Abishag.
Shout into the street: King David is not yet dead.
But King David wants to sleep and they won’t let him.
Adoniyahu with his gang shout my crown off my gray head…
Contributor:
Jacob Glatstein
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1926
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On a wagon, bound for market
There’s a calf with a mournful eye
High above her, there’s a swallow
Winging swiftly through the sky
How the winds are laughing
They laugh with all their might
Laugh…
Contributor:
Aaron Zeitlin, Sholem Secunda
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1940
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She: I can’t hide it anymore
I’ll reveal my bitter, heavy heart
I can’t even wait till tomorrow
Because oh does it smart!
He…
Contributor:
Yehudah Leib Cahan
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1912