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The State of Yiddish Children’s Literature
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In the past there were no children among Jews, only “little Jews without beards,” so neither was there any children’s literature. Boys in the traditional heder used to read Ḥumesh [The Pentateuch]…

Contributor:

Shmuel Niger

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Children, Yiddish, Education, Writing

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Pedagogy & Schooling
Temerl
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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

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Children, Yiddish, Education, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, Print & Book Culture
Page of Yiddish text with illustration of stylized bust of figure wearing necklace and crown next to a bird.
Geviksn
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Cover page of G. Bocz’s Yiddish-language biology textbook, Geviksn: Baarbet Avrom Golomb (Plants: Reworked by Avrom Golomb).

Contributor:

Avrom Golomb

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1919

Subjects:

Education, Yiddish, Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Children

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Print & Book Culture, Visual & Material Culture
Page of Yiddish text with illustration of leaves in the center.