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I felt a common cause with these good men and women who had been moved to mid-wife freedom in the south, but the gulf that separated us is also wide. Their spirit of confession…
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Betty Alschuler
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1962
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Reproaches, condemnations, indictments by other nations—the plot is clear. It leads to the public humiliation, the forced isolation of a people whose suffering is the oldest in the world.
Arrests…
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Elie Wiesel
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New York, United States of America
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1975
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In twelfth grade I am at the height of my power as a young woman. I am experienced. I am loved. I am excelling in my classes. I am president of my school and lead all school meetings in the gym every…
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Rebecca Walker
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New York, United States of America
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2000
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That Leo Frank was lynched primarily because he was a Jew has been asserted by the most serious, and best informed newspapers all over the country. A newspaper like the local Evening Post went so far…
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Abraham Liessin
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Cincinnati, United States of America
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1915
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In what sense is Judaism racist? Does it in general recognize the “holiness” of race and if so, what practical deductions have Jews made from such a theory?
In connection with the Nazi racist…
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Hayim Greenberg
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New York, United States of America
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1945
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I was standing in the park under that tree. They call it the Hanging Elm. Once upon a time it made a big improvement on all kinds of hooligans. Nowadays if, once in a while…No. So this woman comes up…
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Grace Paley
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New York City, United States of America
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1985
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Mr. Finkelstein was still a young man, but as a Jew he was very old. He knew what was going on. He could hardly help knowing. Twice in the past three weeks, when he had come out of his house at six in…
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Arthur Miller
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New York, United States of America
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1945
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I speak to you as an American Jew.
As Americans we share the profound concern of millions of people about the shame and disgrace of inequality and injustice which make a mockery of the great American…
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Joachim Prinz
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Washington, United States of America
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1963
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During my first few years as the lone Prog M. P., I found myself confronted by a series of vicious laws designed to undermine civil rights and to intensify discrimination…
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Helen Suzman
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New York, United States of America
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1993
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LIGHTS UP to find Horowitz on the phone. His jacket still where he abandoned it.Horowitz:Hello, Emergency Room? I want to inquire about a patient. A boy of twelve. I want to know his…
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Henry Denker
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New York, United States of America
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1980