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The Crisis of Jewish Colonization in Argentina
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Published after his visit to the Jewish Colonization Association colonies in Argentina in 1908, Chasanowitch’s report is a scathing critique of the administration’s treatment of farmers.

Contributor:

Leon Chasanowitch

Places:

Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Colonialism, Jewish quarters, Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Migration, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Victim Testimonies of the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom
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[This testimony was] given by rape victim Rivke Shif. She is the wife of Shabse Shif, a shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers. (He lived at 11…

Contributor:

Chaim Nahman Bialik

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Pogroms, Violence, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Sexism, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage
The Four Classes
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The Yiddish language is our mother tongue. But is it the language of education, by means of which we can best understand each other? Does anyone even make the suggestion that…

Contributor:

Shiye Mordkhe Lifshits

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1863

Subjects:

Scholarship, Assimilation, Jewish languages, Antisemitism, Yiddish, Journalism

Categories:

Historical writing, Journalism, Firsthand accounts