Showing posts with label Yiddish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yiddish. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Scholem Alechum

The card says: "Scholem Alechum" or "Peace be with you". It shows two Jews fighting, pulling at their beards.
This is the stereotype of a Jew with large noses, wearing different coats and sidelocks.

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Publisher: National Comic Postal Card Company.
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Date: 1905 (Undivided back era)
Rarity: ☝☝ Difficult to Find

May your troubles be little ones

The card says: Mazel, Broche und a grosse mispoche". The card shows an image of a family with many children, all ugly with the same deformed face with hook noses and shabbily dressed.
This is the stereotype of a Jew that they have a large family and only speak Yiddish.

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Publisher: National Comic Postal Card Company.
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Date: 1905 (Undivided back era)
Rarity: ☝ Not common

Ach, Weh is Mir

The card says: "Ach, Weh is Mir", "What a misfortune" (tranlation) showing an ugly, disformed Jewish woman with an overturned food basket.
This is the stereotype of a Jew that they only speak Yiddish.

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Publisher: National Comic Postal Card Company.
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Date: 1905 (Undivided back era)

Rarity: ☝ ☝ Difficult to Find

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