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Letter to Mendele
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Dedication to My Dearly Beloved Grandfather, Reb Mendalle Mocher SephorimTo my dear grandfather, greetings!Stempenyu, my first long novel, which I inscribe to you, is yours; not only because I have…

Contributor:

Sholem Aleichem

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1886

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish identity, Love, Music, Yiddish, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to Yehalel: On Creating a Yiddish (National) Newspaper
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To the Poet Yehuda Leib Levin (“Yehalal”)Warsaw, Wednesday, Heshvan 5655, 1894Dear Sir and distinguished author,Recent years have shown us that the national movement is not merely failing to increase…

Contributor:

Shmaryahu Levin

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1894

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Yiddish, Writing, Jewish identity, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letters to Sholem Aleichem
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June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]Dear Sir:Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the following…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Yiddish, Jewish identity, Education, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters