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Letter to Herzl from Egypt’s First Zionist Society
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish SocietyCairo, EgyptFounded the 1st of Adar I 5657February 1897Central HeadquartersMr. Theodor HerzlEditor of the “Neue Freie Presse”ViennaSir, dear coreligionist in your Jewish…

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Bar Kokhba Jewish Society

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Egypt)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Education, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to Alfred Michaux
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Dear Sir, You ask me to write extensively about my life. As far as I can, I will gladly do so, but, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do all that much. Here are the reasons: maybe for future…

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Ludwik Zamenhof

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Interfaith relations, Zionism, Jewish languages, (Auto)biography, Letters

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Letters, (Auto)biography
Letter to Ludwig Strauss on Zionism
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 October 10, 1912Berlin-GrunewaldDelbrückstr. 23 Dear Mr. Strauß!That Jewishness is an inner substance is also my assessment, which, like all reflections and insights concerning my attitude toward…

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Walter Benjamin

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Philosophy, Modernity, Letters

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Firsthand accounts, Letters
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…

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Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines

Places:

Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Zionism, Piety, Jewish identity, Orthodox Judaism, Mizrahi, Letters, Politics

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…

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Ḥayim Soloveitchik

Places:

Brisk, Russian Empire (Brest, Belarus)

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Theology, Zionism, Politics, Jewish identity, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letters to Shimon Dubnow
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To Mr. Sh. Dubnow, St. Petersburg Moscow, Jan. 8, 1907 I received your letter, and thank you for everything you told me about. . . . I have already heard about the classes you are giving on Genesis…

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Ahad Ha-Am

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1906–1907

Subjects:

Zionism, Scholarship, Jewish identity, Education, Christian-Jewish relations, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
On Guard
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Beloved brothers! It is a sublime and meaningful name we have taken for ourselves! We carry the name of choice individuals from our people—people who have, in practice, actually presented themselves…

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David Horowitz

Places:

Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria, Austria)
Austria, Austria

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Zionism, Israel/Israelis, Agriculture, Jewish identity, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters