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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 Dubnow

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Politics, Nationalism, Diaspora, Jewish identity, Writing, Letters

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, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Political Culture
Po‘ale Tsiyon’s Approach on Palestine
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Given the socioeconomic life-conditions that obtain in the capitalist countries, the Jewish national group [folk-grupe]—as a people without its own national economy—will inevitably always feel a sharp…

Contributor:

Po‘ale Tsiyon Central Committee

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Economic life, Nationalism, Zionism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & philosophy
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, Education, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Political Culture
The Social Preconditions of the National Awakening of the Jews in the USSR
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Jews, in the past celebrated for the ability to understand all things, are now in danger of being unable to understand anything at all culturally, for they do not have self-awareness. Without such…

Contributor:

Aleksander Voronel

Places:

USSR (Russia)

Date:

1972

Subjects:

Psychology, Jewish identity, Theology, Politics, Synagogue

Categories:

Political Culture