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Mărculeşti Colony Correspondence (on the New Train Station)
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Like most of the other colonies established in Bessarabia in the previous century, the colony went through a long sleepy period. Most of the farmers lived simple bucolic lives. In the summer, they…

Contributor:

M. Verette

Places:

Marculesti, Russian Empire (Marculesti, Moldova)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Colonialism, Travel, Poverty, Economic life, Profession

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
The Crisis of Jewish Colonization in Argentina
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Published after his visit to the Jewish Colonization Association colonies in Argentina in 1908, Chasanowitch’s report is a scathing critique of the administration’s treatment of farmers.

Contributor:

Leon Chasanowitch

Places:

Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Colonialism, Jewish quarters, Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Migration

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
The Basel Program
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The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law.The Congress contemplates the following means to the attainment of this end:
    The promotion, on suitable…

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The First Zionist Congress

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Colonialism, Government, Nationalism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Reportage
Miqveh Israel, esto es Esperança de Israel (The Hope of Israel)
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In the 18th of the Month of Elul: the 5404 year from the Worlds creation, and according to common compute, in 1644. Aaron Levi, otherwise called Antonius Montezinus c…

Contributor:

Menasseh Ben Israel

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1652

Subjects:

Travel, Colonialism, Migration, Israel/Israelis, Mysticism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Magic & Mysticism