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Assimilation and Anti-Semitism
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When an intimidated individual or a careerist among my brethren feels inclined or forced to identify himself as a son of his forefathers, then he usually describes himself—provided he was not baptized…

Contributor:

Albert Einstein

Places:

Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1920

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Assimilation, Jewish identity, Race, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts
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, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
No Room in My Heart for Jewish Suffering
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But look, girl, if you so rarely find the opportunity to take a book into your hand, at least make a point of reading good books, not such kitsch as the Spinoza novel you have just sent me. Why do…

Contributor:

Rosa Luxemburg

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1916

Subjects:

Class, Social justice, Socialism, Jewish identity, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Political Culture
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, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to the Editor: On Zionism and the Mizrachi
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God bless. Lida, 17th of Tammuz 5664To the distinguished editor, the great and wise rabbi, may his name be praised and glorified, etc., our teacher R. David Katzburg, publisher of the journal Tel…

Contributor:

Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines

Places:

Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Zionism, Piety, Jewish identity, Orthodox Judaism, Mizrahi, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
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
Letters to Sholem Aleichem
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June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]Dear Sir:Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the following…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Yiddish, Jewish identity, Education, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letters to Shimon Dubnow
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To Mr. Sh. Dubnow, St. Petersburg Moscow, Jan. 8, 1907 I received your letter, and thank you for everything you told me about. . . . I have already heard about the classes you are giving on Genesis…

Contributor:

Ahad Ha-Am

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1906–1907

Subjects:

Zionism, Scholarship, Jewish identity, Education, Christian-Jewish relations, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
On Guard
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Beloved brothers! It is a sublime and meaningful name we have taken for ourselves! We carry the name of choice individuals from our people—people who have, in practice, actually presented themselves…

Contributor:

David Horowitz

Places:

Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria, Austria)
Austria, Austria

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Zionism, Israel/Israelis, Agriculture, Jewish identity, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to Ha-Shaḥar on Reviving the Hebrew Language
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It is plain for all to see, sir, that our youth is abandoning our language—but why? Because in their eyes it is a dead and useless tongue. All our efforts to make them appreciate the importance of the…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1880

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Jewish identity, Education, Antisemitism, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts