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Of a World That Is No More
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Our house was gloomy—one reason why, since childhood, I have preferred the street to the home. One cause of this gloom was the Torah…

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Israel Joshua Singer

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1944

Subjects:

Family, Gender, Jewish identity, Interfaith relations, Marriage

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Firsthand Accounts, Literature, Memoirs & Diaries
The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet’s Rediscovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India
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In late October 1990, I traveled to Dharamsala, a remote hill town in northern India. I came to write about a religious dialogue between a group of Jewish delegates and the XIV Dalai Lama…

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Rodger Kamenetz

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1994

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Buddhism, Interfaith relations, Renewal Judaism, Sabbath

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Religion & Theology, Firsthand Accounts, Travel Writing
The Education of the Heart
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Warrenton, North Carolina U.S. of America August 7th, 1815 A young American lady who has long felt towards Miss Edgeworth those sentiments of respect and admiration which superior talents exerted in…

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Rachel Mordecai Lazarus

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Warrenton, United States of America

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1815

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Interfaith relations, Writing, Activism

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Firsthand Accounts, Letters