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Letter to Rome
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Behold, from the time of our settlement in the city that the Lord has chosen, which He had desired for His habitation (Psalms 132:13), we heard your voice and obeyed, for you stand in the breach…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1521

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Scholarship, Rabbis, Israel-Diaspora relations, War, Journalism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Letters
Letter to Rachel Bluwstein
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Kinneret, 12 Nissan, 5674 [8 April 1914] There was a time when the writing of a letter, like the receiving of a letter, was in itself like a holiday for me. I lived in letters—as I told you once and…

Contributor:

Aaron David Gordon

Places:

Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Ottoman Palestine (Israel)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Philosophy, Aging, Aliyah, Education, Scholarship, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & philosophy, Letters
Letter to A. Neubauer at Oxford University
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To his excellency, the great sage, the learned and famous rabbiAdolf H. Neubauer, the Head LibrarianOf the Government Library in Oxford, England! My dear Sir and Rabbi!Although I have not hitherto…

Contributor:

Abraham Dubzhevitch

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1890

Subjects:

Education, Scholarship, Writing, Libraries, Bible, Letters

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Letters, Firsthand accounts
Letters to Shimon Dubnow
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To Mr. Sh. Dubnow, St. Petersburg Moscow, Jan. 8, 1907 I received your letter, and thank you for everything you told me about. . . . I have already heard about the classes you are giving on Genesis…

Contributor:

Ahad Ha-Am

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1906–1907

Subjects:

Zionism, Scholarship, Jewish identity, Education, Christian-Jewish relations, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters