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Letters of a Young Ex- Hasid
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We live in a time of a universal striving for science and civilization, and the spirit of the time warms the hearts of everyone alike with its breath. It permeates the depths of the soul and reason…

Contributor:

Israel Leon Grosglik

Places:

Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1869

Subjects:

Scholarship, Education, Hasidism, Sectarianism, Ashkenazi, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
Among the Breslover Hasidim
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If a visitor to Berditchev wishes to hear a typical Jewish melody, let him listen to Reb Nisson Belzer’s protégé. If it is Berditchever Chassidic song he desires, he should go to the Karliner shtibel…

Contributor:

Hillel Zeitlin

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Piety, Class, Shtetl, Jewish identity, Hasidism, Journalism

Categories:

Reportage