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For a half-millennium the Jew, rejected by the world, had secluded himself within ghetto walls, unconcerned with what lay without. But the day came when the world…
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Milton Steinberg
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1934
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There was once a little city with few Jewish inhabitants, roughly twenty households, the name [of the city] being Ragusa; and it was self-governing. Now it transpired that in the year 5383 [1622], on…
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Aaron ben David ha-Kohen
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Ragusa, Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
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ca. 1625
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[1742] In the week when we read the portion Toledoth of the Pentateuch a proclamation was issued by the…
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Abraham Ḥayim Braatbard
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1742–1745
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Nevertheless, I saw from the first that many people would open their mouths wide against me [see Psalms 22:14] and speak arrogantly against me and think it a sin on my part for my having written based…
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David Ganz
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1592
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Gentile is a category of difference. It is the point of departure, something self-evident. The Jew at prayer declares this daily: “Thou hast chosen us from all the…
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Adi Ophir
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2001