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From Volozhin to Jerusalem
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Even in the past, some thirty to forty years ago, when Jewish life in Russia was still very conservative, there was a difference between those cities and towns located…

Contributor:

Meir Berlin

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1933

Subjects:

Assimilation, Enlightenment, Holidays, Rabbis, Education

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Historical writing
Letter to Zalman Shneour: On Children’s Education
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Why should I write to you about myself? Nothing has happened in the meantime in my personal life. My son is still with me, as before. He is still an Extern. He knows the gymnasium [university…

Contributor:

Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Children, Jewish identity, Education, Family, Holidays, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters