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The Hebrew Crusading Newspaper
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We [of the Polish weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), October 25, 1861] have already had the opportunity to mention a number of periodicals devoted entirely to Jewish affairs. We have also named three…

Contributor:

Daniel Neufeld

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1861

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish languages, Nationalism, Antisemitism

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
The Education of the Heart
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Warrenton, North Carolina U.S. of America August 7th, 1815 A young American lady who has long felt towards Miss Edgeworth those sentiments of respect and admiration which superior talents exerted in…

Contributor:

Rachel Mordecai Lazarus

Places:

Warrenton, United States of America

Date:

1815

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Interfaith relations, Writing, Activism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Leḥem Yehudah (The Bread of Judah): On the Fate of the First Edition
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I printed my book [Leḥem Yehudah] in Venice at the beginning of for the Almighty Shadai [in gematria = 1553] has dealt very bitterly with me (Ruth 1:20) and the ruler of Rome [the Pope] decreed that…

Contributor:

Judah Lerma

Places:

Sabbioneta, Venice (Sabbioneta, Italy)

Date:

1554

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Pogroms, Writing, Print

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Firsthand Accounts
Tolstoy and the Jews
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I have often been asked, and still am asked, whether I know from my frequent conversations with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy about his attitudes toward the Jews. I am asked whether I spoke with him on…

Contributor:

Ilya Ginzburg

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Antisemitism

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts