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Purim Letters
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Mordecai recorded these events. And he sent dispatches to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near and far, charging them to observe the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Purim, Writing, Holidays, Diaspora, Food and drink

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Literature
Elephantine Letter (Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple)
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Elephantine letter, dated to year 17 of King Darius II (November 25, 407 BCE). See Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple) and Darius and Xerxes, Kings of Persia. The letter is…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

407 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Writing, Temple, Diaspora, Sacrifice

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Letters, Firsthand Accounts
Fragmentary papyrus page of Hebrew writing.
On the Tasks of the Folkspartay
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We must not repeat the mistake made by western Jews . . . in denying their nationality and in assimilating completely in all areas of life except religion. . . . We eastern Jews have seen all the…

Contributor:

Simon Dubnov

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Politics, Nationalism, Diaspora, Jewish identity, Writing

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Brivenshteler: A Letter to a Friend in Russia about America
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Dear Friend,You asked me in your last letter to write about America, what kind of country it is and what life is like here. I had to smile as I read your words. [ . . . ]In order to describe America…

Contributor:

Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)

Places:

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

Date:

1895–1905

Subjects:

Migration, Writing, Cities, Diaspora

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters