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I have a story here to tell
To all my children—you as well.
Hush, dear friends, be very still—
Hear my story, if you will.
There’s a land that’s quite remote,
Beyond the reach of train or boat;
Even…
Contributor:
Mani Leib, El Lissitzky
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(Russia, Russia)
Date:
1918
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Dedicated to my sister and friend Sarah Rappoport
A people’s poetry depicts, vividly and in clear relief, the hidden inner world of national life, to which we are admitted neither by the pen of the…
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S. An-ski
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1908
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“A negative attitude toward the diaspora” is an expression frequently heard in discussions between the Zionists, who look beyond the diaspora for a solution to our national problem, and the…
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Ahad Ha-Am
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1909
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What more can I add? Will I tell my readers about the disreputable attributes that prevail among those coming from exile, about gratuitous hatred, discord, vain squabbles over a place in the synagogue…
Contributor:
Ahad Ha-Am
Places:
Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
St. Petersburg/Odesa, Russia
Date:
1891
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for V. Kaverin [Veniamin Kaverin, born Zilber, Soviet writer]
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Lev Lunts
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1922
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The small town resounded with whistling and shouting. The smell of stewing, the smell of frying, the smell of boiling.
Mr. Dykhes had sold all his defective soap to the army.
Mus…
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Boris Yampolski
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1940
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In every village in the region, in every farmhouse you’d meet them, the Boyars. The first Boyar, family legend had it, had settled in the Polesian forests many generations ago. His name had been Ezra…
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Eli Shechtman
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1965
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I dragged my belongings over to Grandmother’s, my books, my music stand, and my violin. The table had already been set for me. Grandmother sat in the corner. I ate. We didn’t say a word. The door was…
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Isaac Babel
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1915
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Moscow, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1918