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Victim Testimonies of the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom
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[This testimony was] given by rape victim Rivke Shif. She is the wife of Shabse Shif, a shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers. (He lived at 11…

Contributor:

Chaim Nahman Bialik

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Pogroms, Violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Sexism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
Legend of the Chalice
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“Is it true, dear mother,What grandfather tells us?That a chalice stands in heavenBefore the throne of God?“And with each blow struck usAt the hands of cruel men,Does a tear fall in our chaliceFrom…

Contributor:

Shimon Frug

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1882

Subjects:

Afterlife, Piety, Death, Pogroms

Categories:

Literature, Poetry