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Lasik’s downfall did not come because of his name. It was only because of that sigh. Perhaps it was not even the sigh, but rather the economic situation, or the hot weather, or perhaps even certain…
Contributor:
Ilya Ehrenburg
Places:
Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Paris, France
Date:
1928
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A shady incident took place in Moscow a few days before Easter. At noon, in the center of town, they seized an old Jew, poor and wretched, who was carrying a burlap sack on his back and in it the…
Contributor:
Elisheva Bikhovsky
Places:
Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1923
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Meylekh Snitkever takes the heavy shears and looks at them silently. He holds them in both hands as if to weigh them. Then he shifts his stare to me, the muscles moving in his jaws, which are covered…
Contributor:
Yekhiel Falikman
Places:
USSR (Russia)
Date:
1945
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Ay, a lifetime buzzed away . . . what is it, all in all? A dream, a short Friday in winter. . . .
Most people start to philosophize after a savory pot roast and a shot of liquor. Reb Nakhmen the…
Contributor:
Yekhiel Shraybman
Places:
Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1973