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On the Tasks of the Folkspartay
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We must not repeat the mistake made by western Jews . . . in denying their nationality and in assimilating completely in all areas of life except religion. . . . We eastern Jews have seen all the…

Contributor:

Simon Dubnov

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Politics, Nationalism, Diaspora, Jewish identity, Writing

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Letter to Chaim Weizmann
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The Secretary Zionist Organisation London Baghdad, 8th September 1922 Dear Sir, I have the pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th July 1922. It is needless to say that I greatly…

Contributor:

Menahem Salih Daniel

Places:

Baghdad, British Mandate Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1922

Subjects:

Zionism, Arab-Jewish relations, Arabs, Nationalism

Categories:

Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand Accounts
Letter to Herzl from Egypt’s First Zionist Society
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish SocietyCairo, EgyptFounded the 1st of Adar I 5657February 1897Central HeadquartersMr. Theodor HerzlEditor of the “Neue Freie Presse”ViennaSir, dear coreligionist in your Jewish…

Contributor:

Bar Kokhba Jewish Society

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Egypt)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Education

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
The Jews and the Fatherland
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Dear colleague: I received your letter asking me to send you clear information about the political situation, notably in regard to the Jewish national movement. Do you not believe that it is still…

Contributor:

Sam Lévy

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1908

Subjects:

Zionism, Nationalism, Israel/Israelis, Colonialism, Agriculture

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
The Affirmation of the Diaspora
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We all recognize the tragic aspects of the Diaspora and we cannot hope to achieve in the Diaspora as full and complete national-cultural development as is possible for a nation living in its own…

Contributor:

Simon Dubnov

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Diaspora, Zionism, Nationalism, Yiddish, Polemics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters