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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…
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Albert Einstein
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Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
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1920
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[ . . . ] The past two years of the Hitler regime (1938–1939) have led many people to the impression that this is the beginning of the destruction of European…
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Simon Dubnow
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Riga, USSR (Riga, Latvia)
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1939
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To the honored Professor Sen. C. F. Gabba,
The long article that you published in the Rassegna Nazionale on the first of last April requires my response: a response that is addressed not only to you…
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Felice Ravenna
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Ferrara, Kingdom of Italy (Ferrara, Italy)
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1906
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Deprived as we heretofore have been of the invaluable rights of free citizens, we now (with a deep sense of gratitude to the Almighty disposer of all events) behold a government erected by the Majesty…
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Moses Seixas
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Newport, United States of America
Date:
1790
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7 September 1787SiresWith leave and submission I address myself to those in whom there is wisdom and understanding and knowledge, they are the honourable personages appointed and Made overseers of a…
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Jonas Phillips
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1787
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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…
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Emmanuil Borisovich Levin
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Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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1859
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New York January 17, 1915
Dear Mrs. Julius Rosenwald,
Let me congratulate you and Palestine upon having secured as you tell me in your telegram, a “splendid response from a local” [Chicago Jewish…
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Henrietta Szold
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1915
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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…
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
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Paris, France
Date:
1880