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About Art
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A. Leopold, It would appear from your letter that you do not believe that art is a factor in civilization and progress. You are not the only one. One might agree with you that up to now no statue or…

Contributor:

Sh. Yanovsky

Places:

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

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Art, Aesthetics, War, Modernity, Philosophy, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & philosophy, Letters
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…

Contributor:

Walter Benjamin

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Philosophy, Modernity, Letters

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Firsthand accounts, Letters
A Bintel Brief
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Dear Editor,I am a Russian revolutionist and a freethinker. Here in America I became acquainted with a girl who is also a freethinker. We decided to marry, but the problem is that she has Orthodox…

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The Forward

Places:

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

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Marriage, Orthodox Judaism, Secular Judaism, Family, Modernity, Journalism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Letters