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“Meanwhile months and years disappeared. At twenty-eight I was still without a husband, still an eligible virgin . . . It was spring—free, warm. My heart ached so, I thought I’d go crazy . . . the…
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Yente Serdatsky
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1913
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Four weeks before the completion of the new twelve-story addition the store advertised for two hundred experienced saleswomen. Rachel Wiletzky, entering the superintendent’s office after a wait of…
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Edna Ferber
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1918
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Jacob Gordin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1898
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Napoleon Sarony
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1907
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David Yellin, The Moriah Association
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1908
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Salon Casa Suiza
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1912
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The actor, comedian, and playwright Donat (David) Herrnfeld grew up in the small town of Raab (Győr) in Hungary; his family later moved to Vienna. Donat and his siblings performed and toured early on…
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Photographer Unknown
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Germany, Germany
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Early 20th Century
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J.J. Gibson
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Chicago, United States of America
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1893
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This happened in the city of Madrid late at night, at the hour when nobody was in the streets, when all people were in bed resting from the exhaustion of the previous day. Suddenly, there was a knock…
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Unknown
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Turnu-Severin, Kingdom of Romania (Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania)
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1885
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Mendl said: This city of Kisalon [lit. “Foolsville,” Yid. Glupsk], where I’ll begin my story, is very important, for the entire Jewish Pale of Settlement is named after it. And it is not through…
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Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1886