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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…
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Sh. Yanovsky
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New York, United States of America
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1906
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Esteemed Friend and Editor:
Recently a friend of mine, who is a member of the Workmen’s Circle Chorus, visited, bringing with her the…
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J. Levitt
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Los Angeles, United States of America
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1918
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The degradation took place Saturday, the 5th of January. I underwent the horrible torture without weakness.
Before the ceremony, I waited for an hour in the hall of the garrison…
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Alfred Dreyfus
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1895
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We have awoken from a horrible nightmare that I believed myself unable to describe to you.
The sack of the Mellah [the Jewish quarter of the city] by the mutinous Sherifian troops began at midday on…
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Avraham Elmaleh
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1912
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish Society
Cairo, Egypt
Founded the 1st of Adar I 5657
February 1897
Central Headquarters
Mr. Theodor Herzl
Editor of the “Neue Freie Presse”
Vienna
Sir, dear coreligionist in…
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Bar Kokhba Jewish Society
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire
(Egypt, Egypt)
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1897
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Dear colleague:
I received your letter asking me to send you clear information about the political situation, notably in regard to the Jewish national movement.
Do you not believe that it is still…
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Sam Lévy
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Salonica, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1908
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We have not had in Mosul—unlike our unfortunate coreligionists in Baghdad much to suffer from the fanatic and reactionary movement among the Muslims in recent days. The delegates of the Committee of…
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Maurice Sidi
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Mosul, Ottoman Empire
(Mosul, Iraq)
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1908
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But look, girl, if you so rarely find the opportunity to take a book into your hand, at least make a point of reading good books, not such kitsch as the Spinoza novel you have just sent me. Why do…
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1916
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Rosario, Argentina, June 16, 1914
Your Eminence,
Permit me to bother you in the name of the Jewish collective of Rosario, because of a divergence of opinion arising between us, about which we desire…
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David Pisanté
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Rosario, Argentina
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1914
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My only, best and devoted friend, as I can express myself, nonpartisan, true friend Yankev Dinezon!
I really cherish the letter that I received from you last week. But unfortunately, I am so busy with…
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Esther-Rukhl Kaminski
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1914