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The German Jews seek emancipation. What kind of emancipation do they want? Civic, political emancipation.
Bruno Bauer replies to them: In Germany no one is politically emancipated. We ourselves are…
I hesitate to sound immodest,
So I must warn you in advance,
If you will listen now in earnest,
Then please excuse my stance.
More startling than other words,
And I will use this…
On the eve of the Civil War, a Southern rabbi explains why the Jewish tradition requires an antislavery position. His congregants disagree vehemently with his stance.
What we have to do at present for the regeneration of the Jewish nation is, first, to keep alive the hope of the political rebirth of our people, and next, to reawaken that hope where it slumbers…
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…
But you, West Slavic Jews, you who are so proud of your intelligence and education, you who are so proud of the sciences that you tend like exotic plants [ . . . ] I ask whether you are so…
We [of the Polish weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), October 25, 1861] have already had the opportunity to mention a number of periodicals devoted entirely to Jewish affairs. We have also named three…
Correspondence
Warsaw, 15 December 1861
Mr. Medard’s reply to our letter dated 15 November has not, in the least, surprised us; we had indeed expected it, exactly in the form in which it is composed…
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…
These are the words that the divine man Moses, R. Moses Cordovero, may his memory be for a blessing for life in the world-to-come, spoke concerning that which man should do and live by, and there are…