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The Organization of the Jewish Proletariat in Russia
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Anyone arriving from Western Europe by steamship to Mohilev for the first time will be struck on the dock by nothing as much as by the enormous throng of…

Contributor:

Sara Rabinowitsch

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Class, Rebellion, Human rights, Jewish identity, Poverty, Journalism

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Reportage
To Our Readers (of Magyar Zsidó Szemle)
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We are calling upon the Hungarian general public and especially our Jewish coreligionists to support a new undertaking. Our undertaking does not seek to compete with an existing one; rather, it…

Contributor:

Wilhelm Bacher, József Bánóczi

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1884

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Scholarship, Jewish languages, Education, Community, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Journalism, Political Culture
Hear, O Israel!
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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…

Contributor:

Walter Rathenau

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Assimilation, Nationalism, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Journalism

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Journalism, Firsthand accounts
A Jewish Wedding in South Russia
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Of all festivities celebrated among the Jews in southern Russia, the wedding ceremony has suffered the greatest loss of characteristic elements of folk tradition. Even among the poorest, weddings are…

Contributor:

Samuel Weissenberg

Places:

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

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Folklore, Jewish identity, Holidays, Antisemitism, Dowries, Journalism

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Reportage
The Reformed Heder in Pinsk
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The Zionist movement in Pinsk expanded and developed, and some of the best [local] activists concentrated their efforts there. Activities, such as lectures, debates, and the sale of Shekels and Jewish…

Contributor:

Ḥayah Weizmann-Lichtenstein

Places:

Pinsk, Russian Empire (Pinsk, Belarus)

Date:

1904

Subjects:

Education, Jewish identity, Zionism, Reform Judaism, Jewish languages, Journalism

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Reportage