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The Jews held cattle dealers in contempt. They considered them illiterate louts in no way different from peasants. My grandfather never let a cattle dealer into his house. Into the barn yes, but never…
Contributor:
Henryk Grynberg
Places:
Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1970
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Mendele the bookpeddler says: Whenever a Jew comes to a journey’s end, he feels as if his hips are breaking, his back aching, and his knees shaking from being crushed and squeezed…
Contributor:
Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1903–1912
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More than once I began writing to you, and each time I took my pen in my hand I felt in my inner heart that in writing I will say nothing—to see you face to face, heart to heart, and to fall on each…
Contributor:
Zalman Anokhi
Places:
Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1906