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The Dreyfus trial transformed me into a Zionist. Not the current one in Rennes, but the original one in Paris that I witnessed in 1894. I was living in Paris then as a journalist and attended the…
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Theodor Herzl
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1899
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How preposterous and ridiculous! I have been attacked all my life as a Jew and because I am a Jew, and could not forget nor deny that I am a Jew, even if I wanted to. I am just as proud as Spinoza was…
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Georg Brandes
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1914
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Anyone who says that our Hebrew literature has developed, expanded, and been enriched over the past few years either errs or misleads. Or, perhaps, they demand very little from literature in general…
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Reuven Brainin
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1894
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Thus spoke David, son of Isaac, son of Eliezer, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Menahem, son of Isaac, son of Obadiah, son of Isaac—known as “the wealthy one”—son of Elijah, known as “the holy…
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David de Pomis
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1587