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On the Tasks of the Folkspartay
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We must not repeat the mistake made by western Jews . . . in denying their nationality and in assimilating completely in all areas of life except religion. . . . We eastern Jews have seen all the…

Contributor:

Simon Dubnov

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Politics, Nationalism, Diaspora, Jewish identity, Writing

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Letter to the Working Committee of the Hebrew University
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Jabotinsky, Vladimir Yevgenyevich To the [Hebrew] University working committee in St. Petersburg July 7, 1914Dear Sirs,1. J. C. T. transferred 500 Rubles to me on your behalf, the receipt of which I…

Contributor:

Vladimir Jabotinsky

Places:

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

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Education, Zionism, Politics

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Political Culture
Note on the Emancipation of the Jews of Russia
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For the purposes of preparing for this emancipation, four measures are proposed: 1) the establishment of a Jewish newspaper in Russian; 2) the establishment of a scholarly literary journal in Yiddish…

Contributor:

Emmanuil Borisovich Levin

Places:

Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1859

Subjects:

Emancipation, Politics, Antisemitism, Media, Education

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Political Culture
The Affirmation of the Diaspora
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We all recognize the tragic aspects of the Diaspora and we cannot hope to achieve in the Diaspora as full and complete national-cultural development as is possible for a nation living in its own…

Contributor:

Simon Dubnov

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Diaspora, Zionism, Nationalism, Yiddish, Polemics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Letter to Bialik on Hebrew Culture
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Society of “Hebrew Language Lovers” [Ḥoveve sefat ‘ever]Moscow BranchMaruseyka, 10 Kosmodimian AlleyTelephone: 180-53Moscow, 24 Adar 5677 [March 18, 1917]To Mr. Ḥ.N. Bialik in Odessa,Honored Friend!Th…

Contributor:

Shoshana Persits

Places:

Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Philosophy, Scholarship, Education

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters