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Jankiel’s Concert was inspired by a scene from Pan Tadeusz, Adam Mickiewicz’s 1834 epic poem, considered the national poem of Poland. The character of Jankiel, the Jewish innkeeper, is the most…
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Maurycy Trębacz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1900
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Dear Sir,
You ask me to write extensively about my life. As far as I can, I will gladly do so, but, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do all that much. Here are the reasons: maybe for future…
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Ludwik Zamenhof
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1905
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The lack of a Hebrew songbook for Jewish schools in the East is known and felt by all Hebrew teachers generally and music teachers, in particular. Although several collections have been…
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Avraham Tsvi Idelsohn
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1912
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O our God! O our God!May Rabbi Frājī be with us.Come, people, and hear what happened to Rabbi Frājī, how he passed on.He sent after the gozbar and said to him “Come before us.”When the gozbar cam…
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Makhlouf Nadjar
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Sousse, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Sousse, Tunisia)
Date:
1913
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Menashe Chaim rends his life, and she remains another’s wife. A man holds the keys to his fate in his hand, and a parable sublime and grand. His broken thoughts stumble as death draws near…
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1912
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23 Tevet 5643, to the Publisher [Peretz Smolenskin]!The trials and tribulations that afflicted us in the land of our…
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Am Oylom
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United States, United States of America
Date:
1882
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There are more than enough proofs that an important new Jewish community is being created in America. Jews come here to settle—permanently. Jewish life is becoming more and more established. America…
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A. Leyeles
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1914
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In this city there are, in effect, for an approximate total of 60,000 Jews, about thirty Israelite culture groups, which are developing with relative prosperity and an excellent measure of success…
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A Buenos Aires Jewish Library
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1916
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Despite all the great difficulties and obstacles, the school in Demievka soon attracted the attention of the Kiev Jewish public. The remote muddy little street in Demievka became a central location…
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Mikhl Levitan
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1917
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Honorable Editor,Please publish the following remarks in your newspaper:We, the students in the upper classes of the Palestinian high schools, sent a protest as follows to Messrs Shmaryahu Levi[n], Ah…
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Haifa, Ottoman Palestine (Haifa, Israel)
Date:
1913