The letters of Tuvye Kretzmar

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    • Background
    • The move from Eastern Europe
    • The Jews of Birzh
    • Tuvye’s letters – from 1899 to 1903
    • The content of the letters
    • The format of the letters
    • Judaism and Zionism
    • Afterwards - Life in Malmesbury
    • The Kretzmar letters and the translator
    • Birzh
    • Bibliography
    • Acknowledgments

  • The letters

    • Letters: 1899
    • Letters: 1900
    • Letters: 1901
    • Letters: 1902
    • Letters: 1903
    • Letters after 1903
    • Appendix 1: Zionist speeches
    • Appendix 2: Poems
    • Appendix 3: Family tree

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    Letter from Meish Rubin

    Letters: 1899

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    Letters: 1900

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    Letters: 1901

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    Letters: 1902

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    Letters: 1903

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    Letters after 1903

    In this letter I greet all good friends, especially the modest Mrs Taube Kretzmar, may she live well. I have no more time. From me, your friend, Meish Rubin.

    © Kaplan Centre
    Letters courtesy of Phil Kretzmar