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See the Mount of Olives and the Greek monastery.
Minarets and cupolas abound,
Squares of yellow houses like honeycomb.
The valley of Josephat, white, dry fields—
There in the dell, where it is…
Contributor:
Antoni Slonimski
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1922
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Is it any wonder that the sick are so pure and tender,
gazing across vast distances, seeing things that no one else does,
staying up at night, and smiling in the darkness,
as they caress their beds…
Contributor:
Yisroel Shtern
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1923
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Henryk (Hanokh) Barcinski
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Lodz, Second Polish Republic
(Łódź, Poland)
Date:
1919
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Vincent Brauner (Yitskhok Broyner)
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Lodz, Second Polish Republic
(Łódź, Poland)
Date:
1920
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Moyshe Broderzon
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Lodz, Second Polish Republic
(Łódź, Poland)
Date:
1921
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Moshe Rynecki
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1939
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Hatred can never be good. (Spinoza, Ethics)
The spirit of politics has perhaps never before embraced people as tightly as today. There is an increase in social awareness. The class division of society…
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1932
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Warsaw, October 17, 1932
Dear friend S. Niger,
When we speak about left and right, we should, first of all, enclose both words in thick quotation marks, and then we have to remember that true left…
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Aaron Zeitlin
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1932
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A Good Catholic must believe that the Pope is infallible. A good communist must believe that Stalin is never mistaken. A good Bundist can and ought to ask himself at all times whether…
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Viktor Alter
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1937
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The compartment of the Berlin–Warsaw–Moscow train is warm and pleasant. The dining car is fully packed. One can hear various languages—French, German, English, Russian, Chinese, and…
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Israel Joshua Singer
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1928