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The terms “recent generations” or “modern times” are commonly employed to denote the period of history which is close to us not only in time, but also in character—in its material circumstances…
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Ben-Zion Dinur
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1937
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I was honored to receive your request to express my opinion on the current question of electing women to the Jewish representative assembly…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
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1919
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When I crossed the ocean, I carried with me the habit of speaking to the shadows, and it became my way of life. I look up at the stars that were extinguished long ago. For me they still shine with the…
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Blume Lempel
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1970
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The Falashas of Ethiopia have attracted considerable attention because of their Judaic religious practice, yet the relationship of their liturgy to normative Judaism remains underdetermined. This…
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Kay Kaufman Shelemay
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1986
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Not too long ago, few Jews—or Christians, for that matter—would have had difficulty justifying the existence of a Jewish state. The destruction of European Jewry left a profound impression on the…
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Yoram Hazony
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New York City, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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2000
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Is the Holocaust definable? Is it desirable to define it? After all, definitions are abstractions from reality and are useful only insofar as they help us to better understand the world around us. Any…
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Yehuda Bauer
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New Haven, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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2001
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She is sitting silently. Zvi looks out the window and lights a cigarette.
Hannah:I don’t think smoke’s very good for the baby…
Zvi:Sorry. (He puts the cigarette out.)
Hannah:I don’t…
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Motti Lerner
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Durham, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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2003
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Translated by Miriam Shlesinger.
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Etgar Keret
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Gainesville, United States of America
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
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2004
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[…] That we in Israel are in need of a dose of Jewish soul—that this, as much as sheer survival, with which it is in no small way connected, is a pressing issue of our existence—I readily concede. But…
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Hillel Halkin
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Philadelphia, United States of America
(Zikhron Ya‘aqov, Israel)
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1976
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The shaving of hair has a startling effect. The absence of hair transforms individual women into like bodies. Indistinguishable. Age melts away. Other personal differences melt away. Facial…
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Livia Bitton-Jackson
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New York City, United States of America
(Israel)
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1997