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Despite gender restrictions, Jewish women played central roles as religious leaders in the early modern period. Meet the female leader of one of the most controversial cults in Jewish history.
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ca. 1771
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Words forsaken—fallen leaves,
Let the wind scatter you,
And let me forget you.
I will remain like a wintry tree
Behind closed eyes, still
And silent.
Both the night will cradle me, ay-lu,
And the…
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Kadya Molodovsky
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1927
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Aged woolen women, like old siddurim—moldy, mossy
Bound in coarse canvas;
Pointless bellies dangling after them like empty sacks,
Dried-out breasts, like horseradish roots, swaying back and forth.…
Contributor:
Peretz Markish
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1926