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Faithful and Free: Collected Speeches and Lectures about Jews and Judaism
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One may consider this work a sort of memorial book that captures the history of the Jews and Judaism in our century. It does not narrate stories but reports; it presents personages about whom I was…

Contributor:

Moritz Lazarus

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1887

Subjects:

Writing, Education, Philosophy, Jewish identity, Speeches

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Speeches
Speech at the First Zionist Congress
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Regarding the first point of the program, I was just given the honorific task to add a few words to its discussion. Although I find it very difficult at present to justify my assessment of this matter…

Contributor:

Leo Motzkin

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Human rights, Migration, Colonialism, Politics, Speeches

Categories:

Political Culture, Speeches, Firsthand accounts
An Introductory Talk on the Yiddish Language
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Ahead of the first verses of the Eastern European Jewish poets, I would like to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, how much more Jargon [Yiddish] you understand than you believe you do. I am not actually…

Contributor:

Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Yiddish, Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Performing arts, Poetry, Speeches

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Speeches