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Proclamation
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Brothers!The slaughter and plunder in Kishinev, the likes of which have not descended upon us since the days of Chmielnicki and Gonta—command us to open our eyes and see our status in this country as…

Contributor:

Ahad Ha-Am, Simon Dubnov, Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski, Chaim Nahman Bialik

Places:

Kishinev, Russian Empire (Chisinau, Moldova)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Pogroms, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Sexual violence

Categories:

Political Culture, Speeches
Speech: Against Antisemitic Persecution
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Persecution because of a person’s religious observance is reprehensible, even despicable, though still somewhat understandable. What is understandable—I am not saying: justifiable—is that zealots who…

Contributor:

Mozes Henriquez Pimentel

Places:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date:

1891

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Inquisition, Christian-Jewish relations, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Speeches