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Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories)
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The Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories), a collection of more than two hundred and fifty stories in Yiddish, was popular among Jews in Western and Eastern Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Rovere, Venice (Roverè Veronese, Italy)

Date:

1585–1590

Subjects:

Yiddish, Anthologies, Writing, Leisure, Folklore

Categories:

Print & book culture, Folklore
Single manuscript page with Yiddish text.
Costume Design for Dovid Bergelson’s The Deaf One
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In the wake of the Russian Revolution and the lifting of restrictions on Jewish publishing, Jewish theater companies revolutionized theater and scene design and experimented with modernist approaches…

Contributor:

Aleksandr Tyshler

Places:

Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1928

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Dress, Yiddish, Writing, Leisure

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Sketch of man's face and hands.
Under This Blazing Light
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So what do storytellers do? The ones I like operate more or less like tribal witchdoctors. Here is a little story for you. Nine thousand six hundred and six years ago, in a…

Contributor:

Amos Oz

Places:

Huldah, Israel

Date:

1972

Subjects:

Language & linguistics, Leisure, Writing, Kibbutz, Israel/Israelis, Education

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling
Who Is Vildman the Wrestler?
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Among the wrestlers competing in the current tournament in the Panorama [Building] on Karowa Street, fighting for the 1912 Polish Championship, is a Jew called Vildman.He has become quite famous, in…

Contributor:

Menachem Kipnis

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Sports, Writing, Leisure, Jewish identity, Community, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Journalism