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The Rebbe’s Grandson
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The terrace of the large coffee house in Berlin was almost empty, save for the occasional occupied table. The season had already turned autumnal. The weather was unpredictable, and the air carried a…

Contributor:

Hersh Dovid Nomberg

Places:

Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1925–1926

Subjects:

Family, Assimilation, War, Death, Marriage

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
The March 17th Decree
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Laws are always tainted by the passions and the prejudices of the legislator. —Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws In 1807, Mordecai Blum, his wife Rebecca, and his son David were living in a…

Contributor:

Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1841

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Assimilation, Conscription, War, Family

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Political Culture