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So, is it not an injustice for girls to be so neglected that the refined feelings which are God’s gift to all mankind are often destroyed in them? But if you speak to Jewish parents they will tell you…
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Urye Kahan, Alexander Zederbaum
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1863
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God be praised, it is now a year since we began printing our supplement to Ha-melits, the Kol mevaser, the world’s first newspaper in plain Yiddish. At first, many people ridiculed us, but time has…
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Alexander Zederbaum
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1863
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With God’s help, we undertook to print the Torah, prophets, and writings with the commentary by Rashi, of blessed memory, and also with a Yiddish commentary, to understand the simple verse as it…
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Menaḥem Man Amelander, Eliezer Soesman (Zusman) Rudelsum
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1725
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It has been a long time since things have been this lively in the little Yiddish literary world of Russia. Our young writers have crowned the current period in Jewish life with the name “Cultural…
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Tsivyon
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1908
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Alpersohn’s narrative about the early days of Colonia Mauricio blames the Jewish Colonization Association’s local administrators for the colonists’ suffering.
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Mordechai Alpersohn
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1911
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Future [Tsukunft], first compilation. Published by Tsukunft, St. Petersburg (1913).
Ben-Ami, Big Fayvl and Little Fayvl (a short story). Published by Far undzere kinder…
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Boris Kletzkin
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1913
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Today is Wednesday, February 17, 1943. Exactly twelve weeks have passed since we went into hiding here at Felek’s. Twelve weeks are eighty-four days and, if my arithmetic is correct, 2016 hours. That…
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Leyb Rochman
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Paris, France
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1949
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After having arranged for fresh provisions and all kinds of refreshments, we set sail again, sailing away from land. Due to the wind’s silence, we proceeded into the sea without sailing, drifting for…
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Abraham Levie
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1750
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Cover of Der groyser kundes: A zhurnal far humor, vitz un satire (July 12, 1912), with a cartoon by Lola (Leon Israel). Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson is portrayed as Delilah, cutting off the…
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Lola (Leon Israel)
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1912
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Published after his visit to the Jewish Colonization Association colonies in Argentina in 1908, Chasanowitch’s report is a scathing critique of the administration’s treatment of farmers.
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Leon Chasanowitch
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Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1910