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Assimilation or Polonization?
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Assimilation, taken literally, means making things similar to each other, and in this concrete instance refers to a desire for the assimilation of Jews in terms of language, culture, and customs to…

Contributor:

Adam Wizel

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Assimilation, Nationalism, Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Jewish languages, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture
Auger Shaped
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I want to be a Pole. You have my word! I want to reach the peak of Polishness But I can find no way to manage: They always shout: “You’re a jew!” When I defend the jews from slander, Hoping to…

Contributor:

Leo Belmont

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Assimilation, Christian-Jewish relations, Language & linguistics, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
A Jewish Reform Project with Particular Consideration Given to Its Ethical Aspect
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In our past lie the answers to all the problems that our present time raises, and in it also lie the keys to the secret gates of our future. [ . . . ] Onto ground already prepared since the time of…

Contributor:

Samuel Peltyn

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1885

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Diaspora, Theology, Ethics

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Ethics