Abraham Cahan
Abraham Cahan
Abraham "Abe" Cahanwas a Belarusian-born Jewish-American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician...
NationalityLithuanian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 July 1860
CountryLithuania
fasting praying study
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
heart fighting envy
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
lying mouths deceit
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
dream fool wealth
What is wealth? A dream of fools.
wind world curls
What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
seems
The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
brother new-york prayer
To say this sacred prayer [the Kaddish, prayer for the dead] for a Gentile is a most uncommon proceeding, but so unanimous and ardent is the feeling of the people of the New York ghetto in the present instance that Pres. William McKinley is spoken of in that quarter as "the loving brother of all of us," as one who "died a martyr to the freedom of Jew and Gentile.
dream great-day dreamer
I was a great dreamer of day dreams.
broken-heart men laughing
If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.
humble simple be-humble
Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
religious jewish-faith orthodox
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
spiritual race people
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
party russia race
He considered the Rvolution a victroy for the Jews, which opinion, he said, prevailed on the East Side where rejoicing knew no bounds. We felt, added Mr. Cahan, that this is a great triumph for the Jews' cause. The anti-Jewish element in Russia has always been identified with the anti-revolutionary party. Jews having always sat high in the Councils of the revolutionists, all of our race became inseparably linked with the opponents of the government in the official mind.
proud be-proud feels
If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.