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Our Distant Brothers: Letters from Tunis
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Tunis, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar 5648When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they commit falsehood; and the thief enters in, and the troop of…

Contributor:

Shalom Flāḥ

Places:

Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Ethiopian, Education, Assimilation, Jewish identity, Adolescence

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Reportage
The Reformed Heder in Pinsk
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The Zionist movement in Pinsk expanded and developed, and some of the best [local] activists concentrated their efforts there. Activities, such as lectures, debates, and the sale of Shekels and Jewish…

Contributor:

Ḥayah Weizmann-Lichtenstein

Places:

Pinsk, Russian Empire (Pinsk, Belarus)

Date:

1904

Subjects:

Education, Jewish identity, Zionism, Reform Judaism, Jewish languages

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage
Among Our Distant Brethren
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(Continued from issue 76 [of Ha-Tsefira])The commandment of hospitality is well-developed in our city, and particularly in the mellah. But emissaries from the kollelim in the “Four Lands” stay with…

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Isaac Ibn Ya‘ish

Places:

Essouira, French Protectorate in Morocco (Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco)

Date:

1891

Subjects:

Cities, Jewish quarters, Education, Jewish identity, Community

Categories:

Literature, Reportage, Journalism
Jewish Military Service
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an earlier…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Military, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Education

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Reportage