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And around us loomed the mountains, various heights, various shapes, squeezed together or clambering atop one another. Some were terrifying with their rugged lines, some were soft and delicate like a…
Contributor:
Hersh Dovid Nomberg
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1908
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[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
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Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1896
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Household of eight.
Beds are two.
When it gets late,
What do they do?
Three with father,
Three with mother:
Limbs
Over each other.
When it’s night
And they go to bed,
Mother begins
To wish she…
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Avrom Reyzen
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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I want to be a Pole. You have my word!
I want to reach the peak of Polishness
But I can find no way to manage:
They always shout: “You’re a jew!”
When I defend the jews from slander,
Hoping to…
Contributor:
Leo Belmont
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1900
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The three art nouveau-influenced covers by Ber Kratko for three of Y. L. Peretz’s plays feature somewhat grotesque figures. The one for Vos in fidele shtekt (What Sticks in the Fiddle) features a…
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Ber Kratko
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1910
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There is a need for a special Hebrew newspaper written for Galicia and the rest of the Central European countries—it seems to us that there is no need to emphasize this point. The two Hebrew-language…
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Simon Lazar
Date:
1904
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Jewish nationalism is a product of the nationalist current engulfing all of humanity; it is an echo, a reflection, and an imitation of a movement occurring in a broader theater. Various nations are…
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Naḥum Sokolow
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Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
Date:
1897
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Motivated by the book by Mrs. R. Centnerszwerowa: There is a heated struggle going on about public schooling in the [Polish] Kingdom [of the Russian Empire]. Various speakers at a range of meetings…
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Majer Bałaban
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Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
Date:
1898
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It is a work that contains two hundred precious and wondrous stories, full of ethical [edification] and [inspiring] fear of the Lord, sweeter than honey, bringing joy to oppressed hearts and souls…
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Yitsḥak Dov Ber ben Tsvi Hirsh
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Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
Date:
1900
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To make chocolate, coffee, and milk you will need the following utensils:
A pan, galvanized on the inside, or a saucepan made of coarse tinned zinc with two iron…
Contributor:
Ephraim Raskin
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1912