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A Word to Jews and Slavs
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But you, West Slavic Jews, you who are so proud of your intelligence and education, you who are so proud of the sciences that you tend like exotic plants [ . . . ] I ask whether you are so…

Contributor:

David Kuh

Places:

Budapest, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1844

Subjects:

Assimilation, Nationalism, Politics, Language and linguistics, Enlightenment

Categories:

Political Culture
L’educatore Israelita: A Newspaper of Readings for Jewish Families. Compiled by the Teachers Giuseppe Levi and Esdra Pontremoli
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We have already offered a glimpse, in our program, into the nature of this publication. Yet the desire to open our heart, especially to those benevolent people who have looked favorably upon…

Contributor:

Giuseppe Levi and Esdra Pontremoli

Places:

Vercelli, Kingdom of Sardinia (Vercelli, Italy)

Date:

1853

Subjects:

Writing, Scholarship, Nationalism, Enlightenment, Community

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Journalism
At Dusk, Let There Be Light
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Fourteen years ago I wrote, as now, an article in Ha-Shaḥar [The Dawn] that I called by this same title. At that time, too, I called out in heartfelt joy: “At dusk, let there be light!” For then, too…

Contributor:

Peretz Smolenskin

Places:

Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1883

Subjects:

Enlightenment, Sectarianism, Nationalism, Piety

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism