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PALE OF SETTLEMENT

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jeiserike

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Three items of note for today's pages:

- First, if you're unfamiliar, people get dressed up in costume for Purim (essentially the Jewish Halloween). The costumes depicted here are fairly historically accurate for people who lived back then and there.

- second, the idea of "Jewish pride" basically didn't exist for these people. Much like Rivke's necklace, it's an anachronism that I'm choosing to include for thematic reasons.

- finally, the way Rivke sits in synagogue was totally my move as a 14-year old too... except I'd be running an earbud through my sleeve to listen to Nirvana. Nirvana, obviously, did not exist in 1881 either :)

#jewish_comic #Fantasy #historical #purim #pale_of_settlement #Russian_Empire #Passover #synagogue #costume #bored

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razirupert

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Hey, thanks for including notes about what isn’t isn’t historically accurate it is both educational and useful for understanding. The context the story was written in.

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PALE OF SETTLEMENT

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Think STRANGER THINGS meets FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (but without the songs)... PALE OF SETTLEMENT is a YA fantasy set in 1881, after the assassination of Czar Alexander II (which really happened!). And after evil Cossacks kidnap a rabbi with a dark secret, it'll be up to his daughter to find the legendary Golem and save her dad... and the entire Russian empire. Along the way, she'll encounter monsters, magic... and romance!

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written by Josh Eiserike, art by Tina Ritchie, flats by Sarah Lutsey

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