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An Anti-Zionist’s Comment to the Polish Jewish Intelligentsia
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I was born a Jew, and as I attained self-awareness, I realized that almost four thousand years of human history were working to present me with questions: How was I to understand myself as a Jew, how…

Contributor:

Henryk Nusbaum

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1899

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Humanistic Judaism, Life cycle, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Firsthand Accounts
The Present State of the Jews: On Circumcision
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Circumcision has so peculiar a veneration among the present Jews, that if all other parts of their Religion were to be changed, this like Mount…

Contributor:

Lancelot Addison

Places:

Milston, England (Milston, United Kingdom)

Date:

1675

Subjects:

Circumcision, Life cycle, Birth, Children, Synagogue

Categories:

Political Culture, History, Religion & Theology