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Our Renaissance
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Ladies and gentlemen! We can say that time has passed and pens have dried up. Misery is our destiny and the West utilizes it as a tool to ensure our silence. The West manages and shapes our destiny as…

Contributor:

Esther Azhari Moyal

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Lebanon, Lebanon)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Nationalism, Education, Economic life, Cities

Categories:

Political Culture
An Open Response to Dezső Szabó
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Dear Sir, [ . . . ] We can talk about a Jewish racial or religious sentiment, but this is in perfect harmony with the Jews’ Hungarian national sentiment, which is not a patriotic slogan but a very…

Contributor:

József Patai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Nationalism, Modernity, Education

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
My Life
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[ . . . ] In the country as well as in the town, I lived in a petty-bourgeois environment where the principal effort was directed toward acquisition. In this respect, I cut myself off both from the…

Contributor:

Leon Trotsky

Places:

Alma Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Büyükada, Turkey

Date:

1929

Subjects:

Adolescence, Education, Nationalism, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
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