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Excerpts from the Minute Book of a Psalms Society in the Russian Army
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This minute-book belongs to the members of the Psalms-Society formed here, at Aleksat, of the honorable Jews serving in the army of His Imperial Majesty Alexander, may His glory be exalted, at the…

Contributor:

Judah Scheindling of Shkudy

Places:

Shkudy, Russian Empire (Skuodas, Lithuania)

Date:

1864–1867

Subjects:

War, Conscription, Communal organizations, Nationalism, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Reference Works, Lists & Catalogues
The March 17th Decree
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Laws are always tainted by the passions and the prejudices of the legislator. —Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws In 1807, Mordecai Blum, his wife Rebecca, and his son David were living in a…

Contributor:

Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1841

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Assimilation, Conscription, War, Family

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Political Culture