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A Call to Collect Jewish Folk Songs
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There is no need to provide evidence concerning the great value of folk songs when one wishes to study the history of a people—any people—and all it has undergone. Alongside the history books of each…

Contributor:

Shaul Ginsburg, Peysakh Marek

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Music, Folklore, Jewish identity, Community, Dance

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, History
The Jewish Ethnographic Program
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With good reason the Jewish people have earned the highest title to which a nation can aspire, the honor of being called The People of the Book [Am ha-seyfer]. “Der Seyfer,” the book, has…

Contributor:

S. An-ski

Places:

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

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Nationalism, Ethnography, Community, Folklore

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Religion & Theology