All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.' S. Ansky Anecdotes • Expert • Few • Himself • Jew • Jewishness • Proverbs • Recite
A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced. S. Ansky Border • Difficult Fate • Especially • Experienced • Fate • Jewish • Live • Misfortune • Sort • Soul • Streets • Three • Three Languages • Two Streets • Writer
When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to me, mistakenly, that I would not find them among the Jews. S. Ansky Behalf • Find • First • Literature • Literature Twentyfive Years • Me • Work • Working • Years
Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for another people. I am not one of those lucky ones raised in their own environment, whose work is normal. S. Ansky Another People • Directions • Environment • Environment Whose Work • Eternal • I Am • Jewishness • Lucky • Myself • Normal • People • Work
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