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Warsaw, August 15, 1861 [in the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), August 16, 1861]Everyone knows the reason behind the fratricidal war between secessionists and unionists in the United States. We touch…
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Daniel Neufeld
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1861
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Jewish children grow up quickly. If only their bodies ripened as quickly as their hearts and minds! Were this an artist’s crayon in my hand instead of a pen, I would draw the following caricature of…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1913
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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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Great men were once able to perform great miracles.
When the ghetto of Prague was under attack and marauders wanted to rape the women, roast the children, and murder everyone, when it seemed that all…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1893
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After Moshkele found his way to the Goyim’s Street, he began to be a regular and made the acquaintance of the shkotsim [“goyish” boys]. At first they mocked the little Yid who had wandered…
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Yitsḥak Dov Berkowitz
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Lodz, Russian Empire (Lodz, Poland)
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1903
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He strolled along the bank of the Vistula, thinking, “Today she will come.”
And so thinking, he saw it all in the most vivid colors: He is sitting on the bed in his room, in the darkness, waiting…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1903
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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 observed that on account of our many sins these days, very many Jews have…
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Chofetz Chaim
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1897
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May he be written and sealed immediately for good, long life—the honored rabbi, the splendid gentleman, the sharp and erudite, God-fearing, distinguished, may his name be honored, our teacher, R…
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Ḥayim Soloveitchik
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Brisk, Russian Empire (Brest, Belarus)
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1900
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There are many riddles in life,
Mounds and mounds of answers too;
The wise men have many solutions,
The morons have a desire for life.
Once a wise man told me:
“There is one essence of being,
Only…
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Jacob Steinberg
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1907