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Letter to the Editor: On Zionism and the Mizrachi
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God bless. Lida, 17th of Tammuz 5664To the distinguished editor, the great and wise rabbi, may his name be praised and glorified, etc., our teacher R. David Katzburg, publisher of the journal Tel…

Contributor:

Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines

Places:

Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Zionism, Piety, Jewish identity, Orthodox Judaism, Mizrahi

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Letter to Rabbi Jacob Moses Karpas against Zionism
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May he be written and sealed immediately for good, long life—the honored rabbi, the splendid gentleman, the sharp and erudite, God-fearing, distinguished, may his name be honored, our teacher, R…

Contributor:

Ḥayim Soloveitchik

Places:

Brisk, Russian Empire (Brest, Belarus)

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Theology, Zionism, Politics, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Religion & Theology
Letter on Education
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With the grace of God, Friday, before the Shabbat of the reading of Noah, 5672 [1911]. To our fellow Hasidim (in the city of Turov), My stomach turned and my ears burned on hearing the terrible news…

Contributor:

Israel Perlow

Places:

Stolin, Russian Empire (Stolin, Belarus)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Hasidism, Education, Piety, Conservative Judaism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling