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At the Yiddish Wedding Jubilee
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Sheet music for “At the Yiddish Wedding Jubilee,” a song popularized by Sophie Tucker (ca. 1884–1966). Born Sophia Kalish in Tulchyn (today in Ukraine), Sophie Tucker immigrated to the United States…

Contributor:

Jack Glogau, Joe McCarthy, Al Piantadosi

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Art, Music, Jewish languages, Yiddish, Modernity

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Visual & Material Culture
Page with English title and photograph of woman in dress, next to drawings of three baby-like figures, one in dress, one in suit, and one with beard and hat.
Letter to the Editor: On Preferring English
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Esteemed editor: Permit me to say a couple of words about the educational work of the Arbeter Ring. I think that the work, as now conducted, is wasted. As far as the Arbeter Ring’s courses go there…

Contributor:

B. Sheyfer

Places:

Buffalo, United States of America

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Modernity, Yiddish, Jewish languages, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Pedagogy & Schooling
Buying a Newspaper
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Jacob Epstein, “Buying a Newspaper,” from Hutchins Hapgood’s The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York. Epstein was best-known for his sculptures, but he also created the…

Contributor:

Jacob Epstein

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Jewish quarters, Jewish languages, Modernity

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Drawing of man buying a newspaper from a young boy with other men in the background.