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The Cursed Well
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Even though the town has a well right in the middle of the marketplace, many of its finest people use river water that they have to carry from the edge of the town half a mile away. The river water is…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1899

Subjects:

Cities, Folklore, Community, Children, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Geviksn
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Cover page of G. Bocz’s Yiddish-language biology textbook, Geviksn: Baarbet Avrom Golomb (Plants: Reworked by Avrom Golomb).

Contributor:

Avrom Golomb

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1919

Subjects:

Education, Yiddish, Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Children

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Print & Book Culture, Visual & Material Culture
Page of Yiddish text with illustration of leaves in the center.
Victims
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Abraham Chajkes was famous throughout the town, nay, even throughout the entire district, as a decent, “solid,” wealthy merchant. [ . . . ] He gave his growing children the best education according to…

Contributor:

Wilhelm Feldman

Places:

Kraków, Russian Empire (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1889

Subjects:

Family, Conversion, Exile, Children, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Religion & Theology