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“No I say; enough is enough! On their behalf I prayed, for their benefit I cried my eyes out. Enough! I say, no! May I be struck dumb if I will say one more word, not even my name, Gnesye.” She had a…
Contributor:
Rokhl Brokhes
Places:
Minsk, USSR (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1922
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Someone in a tales is walking your rooftops.
Only he is stirring in the city by night.
He listens. Old gray veins quicken—sound
Through courtyard and synagogue like a hoarse, dusty heart.
You are a…
Contributor:
Moyshe Kulbak
Places:
Minsk, USSR (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1929
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The Age Composition of the Population in the Researched ShtetlekhThe problem of organizing the work resources correctly and rationally is closely connected to the age composition of the population…
Contributor:
Y. Osherovich
Places:
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Belarus)
Date:
1932
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Michael Joseph Guzikov
Places:
Lyady, Russian Empire (Lyady, Belarus)
Date:
1827
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Written on the Occasion of the Ritual Slaughter Decree in Poland, 1936 [Parliament considered a bill to have animals killed by electricity, rather than by a knife, as required by Jewish law. The bill…
Contributor:
Elhanan Wasserman
Places:
Baranovitsh, Second Polish Republic (Baranovichi, Belarus)
Date:
1936
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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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This book was submitted for publication two years ago.Considering that within the realm of Jewish history in nineteenth-century Russia there is no systematically consolidated…
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Yisroel Sosis
Places:
Minsk, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1929
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From other friends—poets, creators,
who are dear to me always,
I step away today,
Feffer,
and turn to you!
The battles still rage
on our literary planet
but it’s time to consider
the creative…
Contributor:
Aharon Kushnirov
Places:
Minsk, USSR (Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1930
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The Great Synagogue of Slonim was one of the prominent synagogues of the region, a testament to the prosperity and status of the town’s Jewish community. Today, it is the best-preserved synagogue in…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Slonim, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Slonim, Belarus)
Date:
1635–1642
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Marc Chagall
Places:
Vitebsk, Russian Empire (Vitebsk, Belarus)
Date:
1914