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Listen, Jewish children, and I will tell you a story about a penknife. It’s not a made-up story, but a true story that really happened to me. There was nothing on earth I yearned for as much as I…
Contributor:
Sholem Aleichem
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1887
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Why should I write to you about myself? Nothing has happened in the meantime in my personal life. My son is still with me, as before. He is still an Extern. He knows the gymnasium [university…
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Yehoshu‘a Ḥana
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1909
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It was a bright and frosty winter night, moon and stars in the sky, snow, bedded snow, in the fields, and no sound from the paths, no horse and sleigh, no bell from the way, just field and peace…
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Der Nister
Date:
1913
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The rinsed fences dry themselves in the wind.
The kneaded black earth turns softer under my feet.
Soaked soil, tousled and wanton wind,
What more can I want from you today?
It seems to me that I’ve…
Contributor:
Peretz Markish
Places:
Kyiv, Russian SFSR (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1919
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Can you guess, children, which is the best of all holidays? Hannukah, of course.
You don’t go to cheder for eight days in a row, you eat pancakes every day, spin your dreidel to your heart’s content…
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Sholem Aleichem
Date:
1900
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Cover image and page 4 of Moyshe Broderzon’s Temerl, illustrated by Joseph Chaikov.
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Joseph (Iosif) Chaikov, Moyshe Broderzon
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1917