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The New York Libraries and Readers
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The library is an integral part of public education.—“Public Libraries.” The library and the public school occupy the most important…

Contributor:

Helene Sheinberg

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Education, Cities, Assimilation, Jewish identity, Migration

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Reportage
My Life as a Radical Jewish Woman: Memoirs of a Zionist Feminist in Poland
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As for me, my youth began very early. At the age of ten, I was already a grownup, a Polner mentsh, as the Jews said. Besides my diligent studies, back then I was a “God-seeker.” I felt confined, and…

Contributor:

Puah Rakovsky

Places:

Mandate Palestine (Palestine)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Feminism, Jewish identity, Women, Cities, Education

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Memoirs & diaries
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…

Contributor:

Isaac Ibn Ya‘ish

Places:

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

Date:

1891

Subjects:

Cities, Jewish quarters, Education, Jewish identity, Community

Categories:

Reportage, Journalism