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When I was still young, nineteen years of age, it entered my mind to fool the world (as was the practice of the “holy ones” in those days), and this was the scheme I adopted: I used to travel on…
Contributor:
Isaac Ber Levinzon
Places:
Kremenets, Russian Empire (Kremenets, Ukraine)
Date:
1833
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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)
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1886
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Mendele the bookpeddler says: Whenever a Jew comes to a journey’s end, he feels as if his hips are breaking, his back aching, and his knees shaking from being crushed and squeezed…
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Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1903–1912