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[…] What rabbi would come to this impoverished nowhere for the pishochs we offered, especially if he had to rent his own lodgings—the congregation had no money for an apartment when a perfectly good…
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Eileen Pollack
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1991
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Mendl said: This city of Kisalon [lit. “Foolsville,” Yid. Glupsk], where I’ll begin my story, is very important, for the entire Jewish Pale of Settlement is named after it. And it is not through…
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Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1886
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“I am Mother of all the tribe,” she said with dignity. “These”—she indicated the women about her—“are mothers of the clans. You may speak—openly. Why is the birth of a male child cause for…
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Miriam Michelson
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San Francisco, United States of America
Date:
1912
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I was standing in the park under that tree. They call it the Hanging Elm. Once upon a time it made a big improvement on all kinds of hooligans. Nowadays if, once in a while…No. So this woman comes up…
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Grace Paley
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1985
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“Act dumb,” Otilia advised me. “Change the subject.” To help me understand what she meant, she illustrated by relating a conversation she had had with a neighbor. It was December, when a great deal of…
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Alicia Steimberg
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1971