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Much has already been written about the Jewish colonies in the Crimea. Unfortunately, most of the information is buried under a mountain of statistics, historical data, and political…
Contributor:
Leon Dennen
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New York City, United States of America
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1934
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Rebbe Levi YitskhokTsine, his wifeKhayim, their sonGnendl, their daughterTaybele, their daughterHenekh Yoel, gabbaiOyzer, butcherZavl, butcherItsheMordkheMoysheKhveder, shabes-goyPave…
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Peretz Hirshbein
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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I entered the restaurant five minutes late on purpose, but Babushkin was already there. He was at the small table I’d reserved way over in the corner, hunched over the menu because he was scared…
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Jerome Weidman
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New York City, United States of America
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1937
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Oh, Ghingeli, my bleeding heart,
Who is this guy who dreams in snow
And drags his feet like a pair of logs
In the middle of the street at night?
It is the rascal Moyshe-Leyb,
Who will freeze to…
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Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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My restlessness is of a wolf, and of a bear my rest,
Riot shouts in me, and boredom listens.
I am not what I want, I am not what I think,
I am the magician and I’m the magic-trick.
I am an ancient…
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Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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Another week had passed. The two men had just gone off together. With something of an annoyed laugh, his mother went to the door and stood fingering the catch of the lock. Finally she lifted it…
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Henry Roth
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1934
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Dear friend Aaron Zeitlin,
You write (in Globus, issue 4) that to fight against the truly leftist—or, as you express it, “against the few who scream ‘impure’ [tomeh] sincerely”—is perhaps futile…
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Shmuel Niger
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1933
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“There is (thus) a zone of insecurity in human affairs,” remarks William James in his essay on The Importance of Individuals, “in which all the…
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Max Kadushin
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Madison, United States of America
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1938
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We Jews who live in the staid serenity of America have failed to grasp the immensity of the tragedy which has befallen our people and this failure is perhaps the greatest part of the tragedy. Were the…
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Noah Golinkin, Jerome Lipnick, M. Bertram Sachs
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1943
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A Young Jew. The weed of their hatred which has grown so tall
now turns towards us many heads,
many pointed petals and leaves;
what did they whisper to each other before the ikons,
and smile at over…
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Charles Reznikoff
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1934