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August 3, 2020

A Century-Old Postcard and the Forgotten Victims of a Pogrom

Vilna’s Jewish graveyard and its martyred caretaker.

Besides being a distinguished scholar of ancient Judaism, Shnayer (Sid) Leiman is also one of the great collectors of, and experts on, Jewish books and ephemera. Herewith, his account of his efforts to identify a photograph of an aged Jew in pious garb on a postcard:

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    Vilna’s Jewish graveyard and its martyred caretaker.