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Nathan Rapoport
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Warsaw, Republic of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1948
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“The story began in the year . . .”
But he forgot which year it was, so you must make do without it.
“It happened towards the end of Elul, when people say slikhes, penitential prayers. A town is a…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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For twenty-two years I have been one of the parnasim [board members] and leaders of this magnificent congregation, the city of Lwów; my heart has moved me to do good work in memory of the generations…
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Solomon Buber
Places:
Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1894
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Tykocin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)
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1642
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My childhood, if we’re speaking of relations at home, was exceptionally easy; I never felt a need to rebel against my parents’ conservatism. I encountered no gates to break through—they were all…
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Artur Sandauer
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Warsaw, Polish People’s Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1963
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Yanuv, Russian Empire (Janów, Poland)
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1700s
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Inasmuch as the association of balbirer [artisan barbers] have seen boys break away from their masters and think of themselves as expert physicians, and, on account of which, they have failed in…
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Matteo Gucci, The Guild of Barbers of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1639
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On Sunday 3 Tammuz 5416, the lords, their honors, the wardens, may the Rock preserve them, gathered together and once again accepted master Yontil the balbirer [barber] to be the expert physician for…
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The Jewish Community of Kraków
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1657
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Before the war Bloyne was a rich and elegant Jewish town: wide streets, a large municipal park, several monuments, many tall buildings, large stores. But when the war came through, the town was…
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Sh. An-ski
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1920