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There’s a fire in the hearth
Warm and cozy as it gets
The rebbe teaches children
The Hebrew alphabet
Contributor:
Mark Varshavsky
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1900
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Listen, Jewish children, and I will tell you a story about a penknife. It’s not a made-up story, but a true story that really happened to me. There was nothing on earth I yearned for as much as I…
Contributor:
Sholem Aleichem
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1887
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Why should I write to you about myself? Nothing has happened in the meantime in my personal life. My son is still with me, as before. He is still an Extern. He knows the gymnasium [university…
Contributor:
Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1909
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Cover image and page 4 of Moyshe Broderzon’s Temerl, illustrated by Joseph Chaikov.
Contributor:
Joseph (Iosif) Chaikov, Moyshe Broderzon
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1917
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The Jewish kindergarten not only needs to be, but also can be in Hebrew. But at the same time, we must recognize that in the countries of exile, this matter entails arduous labor. If we saw the…
Contributor:
Yeḥiel Heilprin
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1917
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The rinsed fences dry themselves in the wind.
The kneaded black earth turns softer under my feet.
Soaked soil, tousled and wanton wind,
What more can I want from you today?
It seems to me that I’ve…
Contributor:
Peretz Markish
Places:
Kyiv, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1919