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This minute-book belongs to the members of the Psalms-Society formed here, at Aleksat, of the honorable Jews serving in the army of His Imperial Majesty Alexander, may His glory be exalted, at the…
Contributor:
Judah Scheindling of Shkudy
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Shkudy, Russian Empire
(Skuodas, Lithuania)
Date:
1864–1867
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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…
Contributor:
Lev Levanda
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1871–1873
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With the same character, with which the individual human being is born, with the same he descends into the grave. The kindly disposed does not become ill-disposed, the judicious does not become…
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Daniel Khvolson
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1871
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I hesitate to sound immodest,
So I must warn you in advance,
If you will listen now in earnest,
Then please excuse my stance.
More startling than other words,
And I will use this…
Contributor:
Reuben Kulisher
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1849
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We [of the Polish weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), October 25, 1861] have already had the opportunity to mention a number of periodicals devoted entirely to Jewish affairs. We have also named three…
Contributor:
Daniel Neufeld
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1861
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A major issue within the internal politics of the Russian government concerns the Russification of populations in our remote regions who follow different religions and are of other ethnic backgrounds…
Contributor:
Ilya Orshanski
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1877