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When the leaders of the people were assembled, all the tribes of Israel together, on the evening of the twenty-first day of Adar 5572, to oversee the affairs of the general community and the needs of…
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Akiva Eger
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Poznan, French Empire (Poznan, Poland)
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1814
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Look: the life and death of this organ [publication] is in your hands. If you wish, it will expand, flourish, and branch out in quality and quantity, and, if you wish, it will dry up, wither, and fade…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
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London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
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1906
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Statisticians customarily provide detailed counts for a typical small town, from which deductions can be made regarding other small towns of the same type. Thus the statistics of a small town acquire…
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Jakob Lestschinsky
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1903
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And now, why is it that I ask you, and beg of you, like a son who begs of his father, that you do everything that you possibly can to emigrate to this holy place? If there is no other reason, then it…
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Samuel Picho
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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ca. 1500
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Like most of the other colonies established in Bessarabia in the previous century, the colony went through a long sleepy period. Most of the farmers lived simple bucolic lives. In the summer, they…
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M. Verette
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Marculesti, Russian Empire (Marculesti, Moldova)
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1905
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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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London, United Kingdom (London, Great Britain)
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1914
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Dear Editor,I am one of those unfortunate girls thrown by fate into a dark and dismal shop, and I need your counsel.Along with my parents, sisters and brothers, I came from Russian Poland where I had…
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The Forward
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1907
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I stayed a long time in Hanau because of the heavy burden laid upon me from teaching youth. Although this is a labor performed for the sake of Heaven, it is nonetheless the case that whoever pleases…
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Judah Mehler Reutlinger
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Bingen, Holy Roman Empire (Bingen am Rhein, Germany)
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1651
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This speech by the president of the Jewish Colonization Association to its board in Paris praises their work in Argentina while also addressing the difficulties colonies had faced in earlier years.
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Narcisse Leven
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Paris, France
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1907
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Founded in 1900 by members of Lucienville colony, the Jewish Agricultural Society was one of the first agricultural cooperatives in Argentina and is still in existence today.
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J. M. Salva
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Basavilbaso, Uruguay
Date:
1908