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There are two sorts of biography: the biography a famous person writes for his admirers, because the public likes to know everything about celebrities, and [the] autobiography, usually written because…
Contributor:
Moses Leib Lilienblum
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1873
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Often I receive letters from children who read my stories, and one question that is nearly always put to me in the letters is: “Did it really happen?” But, you see, I cannot always answer this…
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Leah Goldberg
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1966
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This small volume which I now present to you, my fellow readers, is an offshoot of the numerous saplings that I have planted for myself over the course of many days, nay years; for ever…
Contributor:
Abraham Ber Gottlober
Places:
Józefów, Kingdom of Poland
(Józefów, Poland)
Date:
1837
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Mordkhe Spektor [1858–1925] was the “honorary chair” of the “Society of Gluttons and Drunkards.” Though he had not been elected to this “post,” everyone felt that Spektor was the singular candidate…
Contributor:
Elkhonen Zeitlin
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1937