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for Aaron Lebedeff (1873–1960), performer on the Yiddish stage
Bewildering clarity of tongues:
names you never heard, food
you never ate, a wild dance
you never learned, light hanging
in the sky…
Contributor:
Stephen Bluestone
Places:
Macon, United States of America
Date:
1995
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Many skeptics have denied the existence of Jewish music. Some lump it together with Oriental music; others refuse to admit its independence a priori, by virtue of the nomadic fate of the Jews, who…
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Society for Jewish Folk Music
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Moscow, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1913
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Esteemed Friend and Editor:
Recently a friend of mine, who is a member of the Workmen’s Circle Chorus, visited, bringing with her the…
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J. Levitt
Places:
Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1918
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My only, best and devoted friend, as I can express myself, nonpartisan, true friend Yankev Dinezon!
I really cherish the letter that I received from you last week. But unfortunately, I am so busy with…
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Esther-Rukhl Kaminski
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1914
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The Jewish intelligentsia, the Jewish art patrons showed no sign of attention to Yiddish theater. A sickly weakling, it was born in southern Russia forty years ago, and has remained anemic and weak to…
Contributor:
Mark Rivesman
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1918–1919
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Among the figures of contemporary ballet on the Maryinsky’s stage, Mathilda Kshesinskaya constitutes a phenomenon of exceptional interest. Her name enjoys great fame, her talent—unusually brilliant…
Contributor:
Akim Volynsky
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1911
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A Jewish musiker,
Alex Herzovitch,
wound his Schubert around and around
like diamonds.
Morning to night, happy, oh happy,
he ground out that same old
sonata, ground it by rote, ground it
to a…
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Osip Mandelstam
Date:
1931
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Santino:What, does it seem to you, is a comedy, who was its first author, what is its purpose, is it rendered in verse or in…
Contributor:
Judah Sommo
Places:
Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1565
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She heard a sudden loud squeaking, so she raised her head. Seeing the cart she let out a happy shout: “A troupe!”
Her mother came out from the kitchen and looked through the window. “A fat lot of good…
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Fradl Shtok
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1918
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Hanin,‘Abd al-Khaliq, Ilyas, Butrus, and those [actors] previously mentioned.
Hanin:Good morning, Mitri! Bonjour, Istifan!
Mitri:What morning? It’s noon already, you wino!
‘Abd al-Khaliq:And…
Contributor:
Ya‘qub Sannu‘
Places:
Beirut, Ottoman Empire
(Beirut, Lebanon)
Date:
1912