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A Turning Point in the History of the Jewish Labor Movement
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Speech delivered at the May meeting of agitators in Vilna in 1895. Dear comrades! Today, every group of the fighting proletariat has marked successes in its activities. It will be most appropriate to…

Contributor:

Julius Martov

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1895

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Socialism, Activism, Labor, Human rights

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, 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
Jewish Women and Zionism
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When history recounts the life and fortune of the peoples who lived in various epochs, when it lets us believe in the marvelous strides that they had made, whether in the field of war, or for…

Contributor:

Klara

Places:

Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Activism, Women, Human rights, Diaspora, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture, History
We, Jewish Socialists
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As socialists, we strive to overthrow the existing order, which is based on economic and political slavery, and to create on its ruins that collectivized state which alone can guarantee the full and…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1904

Subjects:

Socialism, Diaspora, Nationalism, Jewish identity, Human rights

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy
The Hunt in Bohemia
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The great controversy in Bohemia surrounding the language legislation shows Austrian Jews in a strange position. They go along loyally with those who only yesterday had been their fiercest enemies—and…

Contributor:

Theodor Herzl

Places:

Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Nationalism, Human rights, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
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

Categories:

Political Culture, Speeches, Firsthand Accounts