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Letter to the Working Committee of the Hebrew University
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Jabotinsky, Vladimir Yevgenyevich To the [Hebrew] University working committee in St. Petersburg July 7, 1914Dear Sirs,1. J. C. T. transferred 500 Rubles to me on your behalf, the receipt of which I…

Contributor:

Vladimir Jabotinsky

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Education, Zionism, Politics

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Political Culture
Autoemancipation
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Among the living nations of the earth the Jews occupy the position of a nation long since dead. With the loss of their fatherland, the Jews lost their independence and fell into a state of decay…

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Leon Pinsker

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Russia)

Date:

1882

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Pogroms, Violence

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Religion & Theology
A Jewish Wedding in South Russia
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Of all festivities celebrated among the Jews in southern Russia, the wedding ceremony has suffered the greatest loss of characteristic elements of folk tradition. Even among the poorest, weddings are…

Contributor:

Samuel Weissenberg

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Folklore, Jewish identity, Holidays, Antisemitism, Dowries

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage
The Organization of the Jewish Proletariat in Russia
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Anyone arriving from Western Europe by steamship to Mohilev for the first time will be struck on the dock by nothing as much as by the enormous throng of…

Contributor:

Sara Rabinowitsch

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Class, Rebellion, Human rights, Jewish identity, Poverty

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage