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“Hey, hey, out of my way!” shouted a driver from the seat of his coach as he nearly ran into two women standing in the middle of the busiest street in Glupsk, both carrying…
Contributor:
Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)
Places:
Žitómir, Russian Empire (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Date:
1878
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The refugees sat with their spoons halfway to their mouths, apparently listening with great seriousness, and trying with all their might not to burst into gales of laughter. The long, skinny lady left…
Contributor:
Esther Singer Kreitman
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1944
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I have experienced in yishuvim [Jewish communities—Ed.] that old women are unable to keep the commandment of nido [menstrual purity—Ed.] properly. When they examine themselves and find a spot of blood…
Contributor:
Elḥanan Kirkhhain
Places:
Kirchhain, Holy Roman Empire (Kirchhain, Germany)
Date:
1727
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The man was a ferment of intelligence and emotion. He could not grow accustomed to the conventional life of the common herd. He thought differently from all the others and disliked collective thinking…
Contributor:
Shloyme Bikl
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1943