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Artist Unknown
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Yanuv, Russian Empire
(Janów, Poland)
Date:
1700s
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Anyone familiar with our Russian Poland knows what Jews mean by a small shtetl, a little town.
A small shtetl has a few small cabins, and a fair every other Sunday. The Jews deal in liquor, grain…
Contributor:
Israel Aksenfeld
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1861
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1. Giedymin, the great prince of Lithuania, who dwelt in the fortress of the city of Troki, once went forth…
Contributor:
Samuel Joseph Fuenn
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1860
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I had recently published my work Ḥeker davar, and for other reasons, I was compelled to seek out the city of my birth, Vilna, and…
Contributor:
Abraham Uri Kovner
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1868