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This morning I met Vaclav on the street.
“God himself has arranged our meeting,” he continued after the usual greetings and inquiries about health. “Walking here, I thought of you.”
“Might I be able…
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Lev Levanda
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1871–1873
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Awake, my people! How long will you slumber?
The night has passed, the sun shines bright.
Awake, lift up your eyes, look around you—
Acknowledge, I pray you, your time and your place. . . .
The…
Contributor:
Judah Leib Gordon
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1866
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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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When will the walls of prejudice collapse,
That split the fraternal human tribe into foes?
Will the flame of love, illuminating the earth,
Disperse the grim darkness of ignorance?
—Meanwhile the sun…
Contributor:
Franciszka Arnsztajnowa
Places:
Lublin, Russian Empire
(Lublin, Poland)
Date:
1889
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The worst conflagration is that which flares up from the depths. All the water in the world can’t extinguish such a fire before it has gutted everything in its way, because by the time it has been…
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Mordekhai Feierberg
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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I doubt if the Dreyfus case made such a stir anywhere as it did in Kasrilevka.
Paris, they say, seethed like a boiling vat. The papers carried streamers, generals shot themselves, and small boys ran…
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Sholem Aleichem
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1902
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I want to be a Pole. You have my word!
I want to reach the peak of Polishness
But I can find no way to manage:
They always shout: “You’re a jew!”
When I defend the jews from slander,
Hoping to…
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Leo Belmont
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1900
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[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
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Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1896
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Politishes verter-bukh (A Dictionary of Political Terms) is an anonymous work billed as “an interpretation of the strange words that are used in Yiddish newspapers, journals, and political and…
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1907