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An Ottoman Jewish Zionist Volunteers for the Greek Army
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Let me be frank: I was there, but as a Zionist. I thought Judaism and Zionism in particular needed to be represented in some way. It was a grand idea, a matter of defending a supreme liberty. Jews…

Contributor:

Joseph Marco Baruch

Places:

Kingdom of Italy (Italy, Italy)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Roman

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
Moses
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Dramatic poem by Angiolo Orvieto Music by Giacomo Orefice

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Angiolo Orvieto

Places:

Florence, Kingdom of Italy (Florence, Italy)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Art, Labor, Jewish identity, Israel/Israelis, Class

Categories:

Poetry, Performing Arts, Music
If This Is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz)
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Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his clothes, in short, of everything he possesses: he will be a hollow man, reduced to suffering…

Contributor:

Primo Levi

Places:

Turin, Italy

Date:

1946

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Holocaust, Hunger, Death, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew
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At the end of King George Boulevard stood a tall building with two black, cavernous entrances. It served as a brothel, first for Arabs and later for Allied troops. When passing in front of this…

Contributor:

Dan Vittorio Segre

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Date:

1985

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Arab-Jewish relations, Ultra-orthodoxy, Secular Judaism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, (Auto)biography