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We have come together these days, during the awakening of our Hebrew literary sphere, to establish a special newspaper for Jewish youngsters and children.Do we really need to talk at length about how…
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Unknown
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1917
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[Vocabulary list in (from right to left) Hebrew, Yiddish, and Russian, with notes in French and English]CavernAntreПещераהאֶהלעמעְרָָהTo missManquerНе пѳпадать,פערפעהלעןהחַטֲֵא(the aim) въ цвльפעהל…
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Israel Ḥayim Taviov
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Riga, Russian Empire (Riga, Latvia)
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1896
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[ . . . ] However, the new Ha-Shiloaḥ will also be different from its predecessor in many important respects. Without a doubt, Hebrew literature has evolved and accomplished much over the past fifteen…
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Joseph Klausner
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1903
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The speaker brings examples and proofs from other nations, like Switzerland, Belgium, and even different states in Germany, where the spoken language is radically different from the official state…
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Noah Pines
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1917
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Life is like a river;we are fish.The water’s wholesome and freshand we would swim forever,but for a black figureon the riverbank.There Satan stands,in his handsa fishing rod,and catches fish.With a…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1888 and 1908
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[ . . . ] I have striven to transmit exactly the course of thought, the spirit, and the expressions of the [original] text; thus, you have before you not a “reworking” but a true translation.I have…
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Max Weinreich
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
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1915
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June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]
Dear Sir:
Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)
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1888
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A new letter-writing guide containing many examples of various kinds of important letters written with great diligence, great sensitivity, and in the best style; these letters also include very nice…
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Hirsh Leon D’or
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1893
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To the Poet Yehuda Leib Levin (“Yehalal”)
Warsaw, Wednesday, Heshvan 5655, 1894
Dear Sir and distinguished author,
Recent years have shown us that the national movement is not merely failing to…
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Shmaryahu Levin
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1894
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Hebrew:Woe be to me, in my old age,
That it should have to come to this:
That I stand in judgment here
With a shameless servant girl
And her vulgar band of friends.
No one knows me anymore!
Yiddish:O…
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“Eliyahu”
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1906