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Far, far from the paved roads and broad ways, far, far from the ordinary shtetls, stood isolated villages that had a different sky over them and a different sun.
The God of heaven in His mercy made…
Contributor:
Hillel Zeitlin
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1919
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If a visitor to Berditchev wishes to hear a typical Jewish melody, let him listen to Reb Nisson Belzer’s protégé. If it is Berditchever Chassidic song he desires, he should go to the Karliner shtibel…
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Hillel Zeitlin
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1911
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That was how she watched over the samovar all night long, so that it would boil properly. Occasionally, Grandfather stayed over for several nights at the home of one of the gentry. Then, she would…
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Yekhezkl Kotik
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1912
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Finally, a town. We ride through the shtetl of Tartakuv, Jews, ruins, cleanliness of a Jewish kind, the Jewish race, little stores.
I am still ill, I’ve still not gotten back on…
Contributor:
Isaac Babel
Places:
Sokal, Second Polish Republic
(Sokal, Ukraine)
Komarow, Poland
New York City, United States of America
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1920
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Not far from Lódz is a small town called Brzezhin. It has been a town of tailors from the beginning of time. When it was under Russian rule, Brzezhin was a center for manufacturing cheap clothes for…
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Henryk Erlich
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1933
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Statisticians customarily provide detailed counts for a typical small town, from which deductions can be made regarding other small towns of the same type. Thus the statistics of a small town acquire…
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Jakob Lestschinsky
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1903
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On a seasonable Saturday morning, Itchele decided that the time had finally come to get even with the butchers for their bloody triumph before the holiday. He got together a bunch of young toughs and…
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I. M. Veisenberg
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1906
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Now in that same shtetl there lived a youth named Shimen, but he was nicknamed Simkhe (joy, celebration) and Plakhte (coarse cloth) because he was barefoot and almost naked and that was all he wore…
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Yankev Morgenshtern
Places:
Lodz, Russian Empire
(Lodz, Poland)
Date:
1870s or 1880s