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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
Is the Printing Press Harmful? A Rabbi from Sarajevo Responds
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How great is the benefit of the printing houses, for thanks to the power of the printing press, the Torah is enhanced everywhere in the world. The rabbis are certainly making the effort to produce…

Contributor:

Judah Papo

Places:

Sarajevo, Ottoman Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Date:

1870

Subjects:

Print, Media, Education

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Print & Book Culture, Political Culture, Visual & Material Culture