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Letters of a Young Ex- Hasid
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We live in a time of a universal striving for science and civilization, and the spirit of the time warms the hearts of everyone alike with its breath. It permeates the depths of the soul and reason…

Contributor:

Israel Leon Grosglik

Places:

Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1869

Subjects:

Scholarship, Education, Hasidism, Sectarianism, Ashkenazi

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
What Language Did the Jews in Poland Speak?
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Motivated by the book by Mrs. R. Centnerszwerowa: There is a heated struggle going on about public schooling in the [Polish] Kingdom [of the Russian Empire]. Various speakers at a range of meetings…

Contributor:

Majer Bałaban

Places:

Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Education, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy