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It is difficult in a short article to give the history of Jewish labor in the Peruvian Amazon. I can’t pretend to do justice to such an arduous task. The history of…
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Yaacov Hasson
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1969
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For many years we have awaited your arrival on our soil. We waited, as we believed that your arrival fulfills our eminent, longing of millennia. To our great pleasure, the joyous day has arrived…
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Ben-Zion Hai Uziel
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
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1919
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The voices of thousands of people floated to us on the quay. They were singing “Hatikvah,” the Hebrew hymn of hope. It was the song the Jews sang at every emergency and in every crisis. It was their…
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Ruth Gruber
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New York, United States of America
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1947
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Now that the cup of poison is broken, there is no way out but to drink the cup of sorrows. . . .
My affirmation of life demanded that I should dedicate all the powers…
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Ephraim Lisitzky
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New Orleans, United States of America
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1949
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Before I left Chicago, the art critic Harold Rosenberg said to me, “Going to Jerusalem? And wondering whether people will talk freely? You’ve got to be kidding, they’ll talk your head off.” He spoke…
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Saul Bellow
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Chicago, United States of America
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1976
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The northern Negev and the Negev mountain range
Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like watercourse in the Negev
They who sow in tears shall reap with songs of joy
—Psalms 126:4–5
More than half of the…
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Seffi Ben-Yoseph
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1985
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Next on our list of “things-to-do-today” was the Ramparts Walk to enable people to walk atop almost the entire circumference of the wall, excepting the area of the Temple Mount and the mosques. This…
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Teddy Kollek, Shulamith Eisner
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New York, United States of America
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1990
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Before we come to the determination of our tasks, we would like to pause for a while to consider the situation of the present moment. We are experiencing here in Palestine a relatively quiet…
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
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1906
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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…
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Sam Lévy
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1908
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The Goal: To develop in our land a cadre of Jewish guards fit for this task.
The Means: 1. To organize the operating guards in the colonies.
2. To become acquainted with and to prepare in the colonies…
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Hashomer
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Kfar Tavor, Ottoman Palestine (Kfar Tavor, Israel)
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1909