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Kasrilevka or Kasrilevke (Yiddish: קסרילבקה, קאסרילעװקא) is a fictional shtetl introduced by a Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem. Located "exactly in the middle ofthat blessed Pale", it is an idealized town of "little Jews" (die kleine mentsheleh), who met their misfortunes with humor and the ultimate belief in justice. It has become an archetype shtetl. Other famous imaginary places of Sholem Aleichem are Yehupetz (for Kiev) and Boiberik (for Boyarka). The prototype of Kasrilevka was a Ukrainian town of Voronkov of the Russian Empire (now village , Ukraine), where Sholem Aleichem grew up.
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| dbo:abstract | Kasrilevka or Kasrilevke (Yiddish: קסרילבקה, קאסרילעװקא) is a fictional shtetl introduced by a Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem. Located "exactly in the middle ofthat blessed Pale", it is an idealized town of "little Jews" (die kleine mentsheleh), who met their misfortunes with humor and the ultimate belief in justice. It has become an archetype shtetl. Other famous imaginary places of Sholem Aleichem are Yehupetz (for Kiev) and Boiberik (for Boyarka). The name of the shtetl is derived from the Yiddish word kasril / kasrilik, an optimistic pauper, as Sholem Aleichem wrote: "However, there is still another name – kasril, or kasrilik. That name is spoken in a different tone altogether, almost a bragging tone. For instance, "Oh, am I ever a kasrilik!" A kasrilik is not just an ordinary pauper, a failure in life. On the contrary, he is a man who has not allowed poverty to degrade him. He laughs at it. He is poor, but cheerful." Dan Miron remarks that it is based on the Hebrew name Kasril or Katriel ( " God is my crown " or " God surrounds and supports me " ) The prototype of Kasrilevka was a Ukrainian town of Voronkov of the Russian Empire (now village , Ukraine), where Sholem Aleichem grew up. The town continues the tradition of humorous Jewish towns, such as the fictional Chelm of the "Wise Men of Chelm" popularized by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Kabtzansk of Mendele Mocher Sforim. A detailed glimpse at Voronko, the prototype of Kasrilevka, may be found in Funem Yarid: lebns-bashraybungen (Yiddish: פונעם יאריד, "Back from the Fair: Descriptions of Life," 1915) - the unfinished Sholem Aleichem's autobiographical novel. Fumen Yarid describes not a real Voronkov, but something resembling Kasrilevka. Dan Miron makes a comparison of the real Voronkov from the memoir My Brother Sholom Aleichem of writer's brother Wolf Rabinovich , with its fictionalized image. Early Sholem Aleichem's feuilletons published in Dos Yidishe Folksblat in 1886-1887 anticipated Kasrilevke. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Kasrilevka or Kasrilevke (Yiddish: קסרילבקה, קאסרילעװקא) is a fictional shtetl introduced by a Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem. Located "exactly in the middle ofthat blessed Pale", it is an idealized town of "little Jews" (die kleine mentsheleh), who met their misfortunes with humor and the ultimate belief in justice. It has become an archetype shtetl. Other famous imaginary places of Sholem Aleichem are Yehupetz (for Kiev) and Boiberik (for Boyarka). The prototype of Kasrilevka was a Ukrainian town of Voronkov of the Russian Empire (now village , Ukraine), where Sholem Aleichem grew up. (en) |
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