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The War for Our Nation
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[By “war”] I mean concrete war—rather than a war of words or an incomplete war of demonstrations. I am not in denial regarding the existence of these words or those demonstrations, and neither do I…

Contributor:

Murād Faraj

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

War, Language and linguistics, Muslim-Jewish relations, Arab-Jewish relations, Ethics

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Religion & Theology
Responsum: On Prostitutes’ Gifts to the Synagogue
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Concerning the matter of prostitutes from the daughters of Israel—far be it from our straight paths—who dedicate a new ark curtain or Torah scroll cover, it is permissible from a legal point of view…

Contributor:

Raphael Aaron Ben Simeon

Places:

Alexandria, Egypt

Date:

1907/8

Subjects:

Prostitution, Piety, Sin, Adolescence, Women

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology, Responsa
An Ottoman Jewish Activist in Cairo Proposes Settling Jews in the Sudan
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Mr. Abraham Galante, editor of La Vara, has recently developed a plan for Jewish colonization in the Sudan. Although he treats the old proposal to settle Jews in Uganda as a point of departure…

Contributor:

Abraham Galante

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Nationalism, Migration, Diaspora, Social justice

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Religion & Theology
Letter to Herzl from Egypt’s First Zionist Society
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish SocietyCairo, EgyptFounded the 1st of Adar I 5657February 1897Central HeadquartersMr. Theodor HerzlEditor of the “Neue Freie Presse”ViennaSir, dear coreligionist in your Jewish…

Contributor:

Bar Kokhba Jewish Society

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Egypt)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Education

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters