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Be it known that there was a man in Stuttgart in the state of Württemberg, who became ever greater in the stubbornness of his heart and his pride, in his wealth and his wisdom, and he was called…
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Salomon Schechter
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1738
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“Consummatum est!” I could exclaim on January 1, 1876.The minister [Jozsef Eötvös] frivolously deceived me. His promise turned out to be a premeditated lie. Scorn and sarcasm were his response when I…
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Ignác Goldziher
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Budapest, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1890
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There’s a folk saying: “The way it goes with the Christians, so it goes with the Jews.” Many concessions were made to the goyim, especially in matters concerning the ghetto. The guards at the ghetto…
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Peretz Opoczynski
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Warsaw, General Government
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1941
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“There are two synagogues of the German Jews, and one of the Portuguese, twenty-four cubits broad and forty-two long. Each one has its own management; thus the income of one is not mixed with that of…
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Moise Vita Cafsuto
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain
(London, United Kingdom)
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ca. 1735
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After having arranged for fresh provisions and all kinds of refreshments, we set sail again, sailing away from land. Due to the wind’s silence, we proceeded into the sea without sailing, drifting for…
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Abraham Levie
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1750
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The situation in Argentina is crying for change. If we don’t want the Jewish colonists to vanish into anonymous misery and oppression; if we don’t want the colonies…
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Leon Chasanowitch
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Lwow, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1910
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In response to questions put by the correspondent of the journal Der Israelit of Mayence to the (Chief) Rabbi of the Jewish community of Isfahan concerning the situation of that community, the (Chief…
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The Jewish Community of Isfahan
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1888