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The French Revolution wherever it penetrates, and in France above all, opens to Judaism a new era, in a double sense, material and moral.
On one hand, by breaking down the barrier between the Jew and…
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James Darmesteter
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France, France
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1894
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Those who are engrossed by the Jewish problem and strive to resolve it approach it from the most various points of view, save that which alone would be logical—I mean the Jewish point of view.
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Bernard Lazare
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Paris, France
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1898
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One hundred and odd years ago, the walls that imprisoned us Jews in a mental ghetto fell, torn down by Christian advocates of human rights who are assured of our eternal gratitude. After having been…
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Moritz Goldstein
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
1912
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When I was invited a few months ago by the Neue Freie Presse and nearly simultaneously by the Revue des Revues to explain my opinions about antisemitism, I did not respond at first with good…
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Cesare Lombroso
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Torino, Kingdom of Italy (Turin, Italy)
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1894
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The Jewish question may be resolved through a new philosophical synthesis and a true reform of moral and religious life for Jews and Christians alike. Just as we must admit that we need reforms across…
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Viktor Vohryzek
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Pardubice, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Pardubice, Czech Republic)
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1904
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In our past lie the answers to all the problems that our present time raises, and in it also lie the keys to the secret gates of our future. [ . . . ]
Onto ground already prepared since the time of…
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Samuel Peltyn
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1885
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Among the living nations of the earth the Jews occupy the position of a nation long since dead. With the loss of their fatherland, the Jews lost their independence and fell into a state of decay…
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Leon Pinsker
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Russia)
Date:
1882
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So, after all, we have arrived again in a situation where we must confess. We younger ones had felt entitled to the hope that we would gradually succeed in living integrated into the “nation of Kant”…
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Hermann Cohen
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Marburg, Germany
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1880
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I want to profess straight off that I am a Jew. Does it require justification if I write in a spirit other than that of defending the Jews? Many of my fellow tribesmen know themselves only as Germans…
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Walter Rathenau
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
1897
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Human wisdom has limits—stupidity has none.
God created a world with gifts and blessings for all: earth and water, sun and air in plenty, rye and wheat in abundance, a potato for everyone, a roof…
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Chaim Lieberman
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New York City, United States of America
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1938