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Snow has fallen, with no light. A month
has gone by now or two, since autumn in its monkish cowl
brought tidings my way, a leaf from Ukrainian slopes:
“Remember it’s wintry here too, for the…
Contributor:
Paul Celan
Places:
Tabarasti, Kingdom of Romania
(Tabarasti, Romania)
Date:
1943
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CharactersMaenoyakh, an old citizen of BethlehemShulamis, his daughterAvisholom, a young hero descended from the Maccabees.
Avisholom
I shall not leave here until I have rested
Jerusalem…
Contributor:
Abraham Goldfaden
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1881
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The university was closed the day before yesterday, 9 December, in anticipation of the 10th. Quiet days, however: the occasional scuffle and an unremarkable street demonstration.
In any case, things…
Contributor:
Mihail Sebastian
Places:
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
(Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1934
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The antiquarian who spends his time amid his old things may well have his moments of despair. He probably asks himself more than once: “What is the use of all these antiques, while…
Contributor:
Moyshe Altman
Places:
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
(Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1935
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I am beginning to get used to the years of war. We seem to struggle through the same journey from first of January to first of January, in a nightmare that is itself beginning…
Contributor:
Mihail Sebastian
Places:
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
(Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1943
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“May an unforeseen disaster
Overtake your worthy master,
The wagoner, Reb Benjamin,
And strike at you along with him.”
The horse was saying
to the whip and neighing,
“Did you ever
Hear of such a…
Contributor:
Eliezer Shteynbarg
Places:
Czernowitz, Kingdom of Romania
(Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
Date:
1932