Project Gutenberg 2008-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 147 Sholem Aleichem 1859 1916 Rabinovich, Sholem Naumovich Berman, Hannah 1883 1955 22005455 Jewish children Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Jewish Children" by Sholem Aleichem is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. This poignant work explores the lives and experiences of Jewish children, presenting a nostalgic and touching portrayal of their joys, sorrows, and formative moments in a world often filled with hardship and simplicity. Characters like Shemak and Busie are introduced, resonating with innocence and the bittersweet reality of rural Jewish life during that era. The opening of "Jewish Children" paints vivid scenes that draw the reader into the lives of its young characters. It begins with Shemak, who yearns for the freedom and joy of the Passover holiday alongside his beloved friend, Busie. As they play and imagine grand adventures during this festive time, themes of love, loss, and childhood dreams emerge. Abramtzig, another character introduced later, offers insight into the lives of three siblings confined in a cramped, urban existence, contrasting the beauty of nature with their struggles. The beginning of the book showcases the rich emotional landscape of childhood, revealing the fragile balance between joy and melancholy through the lens of Jewish cultural traditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jews -- Fiction Jewish fiction PJ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 399660 399658 2024-09-11T11:31:31.673923 2023-09-12T05:31:20.894731 text/html text/html 401374 2008-10-24T13:48:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 141235 2008-10-24T13:48:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 191460 2024-09-11T11:31:38.592876 application/epub+zip 195192 2024-09-11T11:31:33.358897 application/epub+zip 195192 2024-09-11T11:31:32.320947 application/epub+zip 395978 2024-09-11T11:31:42.555868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377689 2024-09-11T11:31:37.921894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377637 2022-09-12T12:21:27.627413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377025 376822 2024-09-11T11:31:30.762920 2023-09-12T05:31:20.049738 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 376863 2008-10-24T13:48:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 137999 2008-10-24T13:48:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 376855 2008-10-24T13:48:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 137977 2008-10-24T13:48:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20983 2024-09-11T11:31:42.705841 application/rdf+xml 14431 2024-09-11T11:31:32.711032 image/jpeg 3769 2024-09-11T11:31:32.527983 image/jpeg 189760 2024-09-11T11:31:31.707909 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia