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Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… of modern Jewish identity. The internal politics of the Russian Empire towards its Jewish population shuttered down cruelly … Idelsohn is referring to the ban on Yiddish theatre in the Russian Empire issued by Tsar Alexander III on August 17, …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… in a town called Felixburg which was renamed Kurland by the Russians. [2] Yiska's dad's dad was Azriel Idelsohn. He was born in Felixburg, Libau on the Latvia-Prussian border. He was a Chasid and a Ba'al Tefilah, one who … was one of the most important Baltic ports of the Russian Empire and a favorite summer resort. It was under heavy …
Pinchas Borenstein
… which was then part of the Kingdom of Poland under the Russian Empire (now Poland). He grew up in a religious family; his …