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It frightens us so,
With our poor wares to go
And face the wide world and its scorn.
We have lived many days,
But know only the ways.
Of the villages where we were born.
(The author)
Yo…
Contributor:
Pesach-Elijah Badkhn
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1871
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In this volume I have made a selection of religious and holiday songs.
Actually, they constitute a single group, since in reality it is hard to draw a sharp dividing line between the first group and…
Contributor:
Noah Pryłucki
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1910–1911
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Louis Gilrod, David Meyerowitz
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1911
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A whole world of railways appeared in our time
They carry their passengers—poor men and rich.
Admire the wonder, but bear this in mind:
It’s really a parable, meant just for you.
It is we who are…
Contributor:
Elyokum Tsunzer
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1875
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I do not believe in free love.
There is legal marriage, an institution based on ideas and pretenses.
A legally married wife you can divorce, but where will you run away from free love?
As for…
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Moyshe Nadir
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915
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Where everyone travels, in the middle of the road,
there is a wonderful flower.
It’s been lying there and rotting for several days now.
The wind blows it around,
and it cries out and weeps a great…
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Elyokum Tsunzer
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
Date Unknown, 19th-early 20th century
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“Good morning, Master of the universe!
I, Levi-Yitzchok of Berdytschev, have come to hold
Judgment with You concerning Your people Israel.
What have You against Israel?
Why have you imposed…
Contributor:
Levi Isaac of Berdichev
Places:
Berdyczów, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Berdychiv, Ukraine)
Date:
ca. 1790
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So let’s drink whisky, brothers—
let’s hope we live to drink again.
Let’s drink now—enough of eating.
How can you forget about whisky for so long!
If we didn’t have whisky,
how would we live in this…
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Mikhl Gordon
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Žagarė, Russian Empire (Žagarė, Lithuania)
Date:
ca. 1868
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A terrible calamity on the great ocean
Happened to the ship Titanic at night
It crashed hard into an iceberg
Suddenly the ship began to sink,
The strongest, best ship in the world,
Carrying thousands…
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Yehoshue Rayzner
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1913