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I was born, I have lived, and I have been made over. Is it not time to write my life’s story? I am just as much out of the way as if I were dead, for I am absolutely other than the person whose story…
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Mary Antin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1912
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That was how she watched over the samovar all night long, so that it would boil properly. Occasionally, Grandfather stayed over for several nights at the home of one of the gentry. Then, she would…
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Yekhezkl Kotik
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Kamenets, Russian Empire (Kamenets, Belarus)
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1912
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On the third August 1889 I departed from London for South Africa on the steamship Drummond Castle. There were two hundred passengers comprising British, Hollanders, Germans and eleven Jews. We Jews…
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Nehemiah Dov Hoffman
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1916
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Listen, Jewish children, and I will tell you a story about a penknife. It’s not a made-up story, but a true story that really happened to me. There was nothing on earth I yearned for as much as I…
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Sholem Aleichem
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1887
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Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
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Frankfurt am Main, German Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1880
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The “kindergarten” as a corridor to the salon of education, as a foundation for the tower of learning, has received particular attention among all civilized peoples, and all the more so does it…
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Yitsḥak Alterman
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1917
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Lizzie Black Kander
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Milwaukee, United States of America
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1901
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Abraham Goldfaden
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1887
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[Picture 1]I am king SolomonWith scepter and crownPikkolo is my chancellor.He stands near my throne.
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Adele Sandler
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ca. 1905
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When you acquire a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years; in the seventh year he shall go free, without payment. If he came single, he shall leave single; if he had a wife, his wife shall leave…
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