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Progress: The Meaning of Passover
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Once again, following our custom of addressing readers [of the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), April 3, 1863] in view of the upcoming celebrations, we open the book of books, our holy Torah, in order…

Contributor:

Daniel Neufeld

Places:

Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1863

Subjects:

Scholarship, Holidays, Passover, Ashkenazi, Life cycle

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Religion & Theology
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
Until the End
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From the cradle to the grave, A heavy burden crushes us . . . Constrains the mind, destroys our strength, Wreathes our brow with thorns . . . And yet, with amazing power Our lips run along the…

Contributor:

Aleksander Kraushar

Places:

Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)

Date:

1890

Subjects:

Assimilation, Nationalism, Prayer, Life cycle, Death

Categories:

Literature, Poetry