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He then returned to his city, filled with bitterness, humiliated, oppressed, and weak. He found his wife Ḥaya—who had been a picture of robust health and womanly valor when he had set out on his…
Contributor:
Yosef Haim Brenner
Places:
Russian Empire (Belarus, Belarus)
Date:
1900
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One day Bereh turned up in the yard. An unseasonably warm glow coated the world, glazing the storm windows with an unexpected spring sheen. He walked slowly down the…
Contributor:
Moyshe Kulbak
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Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1931
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Marc Chagall’s newspaper vendor, whose pouch holds both Yiddish and Russian newspapers, looks worried. The sky is an alarming red, and the news is not good. The first world war has begun. Chagall…
Contributor:
Marc Chagall
Places:
Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)
Date:
1914
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Signs of a new spirit among certain circles of the Jewish intelligentsia can be detected even in the private sphere, within the four walls of their homes. It happens—admittedly, not very often, but…
Contributor:
Esther Frumkina
Places:
Minsk, Russian Empire (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1908