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He burst into laughter that immediately frightened him. Just then he passed the “Cold Synagogue”—a synagogue in which, it was said, the dead came to say their prayers on Saturday nights, wearing white…
Contributor:
Sholem Aleichem
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Russian Empire (Ukraine, Ukraine)
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1900
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Within a few weeks the season arrived for merry walks in the marvelous woods, gay boat rides on the river, poetic campfires beneath dark, satiny skies, boisterous breachings of the silence of the…
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Uri Nisan Gnessin
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Russian Empire (Lithuania, Lithuania)
Date:
1905
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On a seasonable Saturday morning, Itchele decided that the time had finally come to get even with the butchers for their bloody triumph before the holiday. He got together a bunch of young toughs and…
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I. M. Veisenberg
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1906
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It is said: A thread of grace is spun and drawn out of the deeds of Israel, and the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself, in His glory, sits and weaves—strand on strand—a tallit all grace and all mercy…
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Places:
Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1908
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“As you see me, I’m on my way to Corfu . . . for the present. The season begins before times become intolerable for me at the Ehrenberg house.”
“No one is demanding,” replied Frau Ehrenberg gently,…
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Arthur Schnitzler
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1908
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Riding a train doesn’t have to be dull if you manage to fall in with good company. You can meet up with merchants, men who know business, and then the time flies, or with people who have been around…
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Sholem Aleichem
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Geneva, Switzerland
Date:
1909
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As a symbol of the past—all sadness and humility—my mother’s face swims up and rises before my eyes. Her eyes two black abysses, anguish peering from them; her lips moist and rosy, a smile always…
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Dvora Baron
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1910
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Weep and wail, O daughters of Zion!
The women were meeting in Don Moisés’ house to recite the lamentations required by ritual. These were the days set aside to recall the loss…
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Alberto Gerchunoff
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1910
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Ulysses set out with Palamedes and arrived with him at the city of Aulis, on the beach of Boeotia, where the kings and captains, who had already reunited with their ships, received him with a great…
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Laura Cantoni Orvieto
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Florence, Kingdom of Italy (Florence, Italy)
Date:
1911
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Having risen from behind the Judean hills late at night, the moon illuminated the Yemenite neighborhood and the nearby bushland; it played a magical game there between the trees. It hid behind them…
Contributor:
Neḥamah Pukhachewsky
Places:
Rishon Lezion, Ottoman Palestine (Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel)
Date:
1911