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To satisfy your doubt concerning my signature, I have to tell you, in all philosophical frankness, that I was born with a burning desire and the greatest curiosity to know, more as a way to get to…

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Joseph Attias

Places:

Livorno, Kingdom of Italy (Livorno, Italy)

Date:

1733

Subjects:

Language & linguistics, Marriage, Education, Travel, Music, (Auto)biography, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Letters

Letter to Her Son

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Dear HeartSey I have Severall of yours bearing Variety of Dates as well as Subiect, In Wich I have had Vast deall of Delight relating to Some matters, Especialy that wich Concerns Your Self. Nothing…

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Abigaill Levy Franks

Places:

New York City, British America and the British West Indies (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1743

Subjects:

Family, Parenthood, Children, Education, Food and drink, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters

Letter to Herzl from Egypt’s First Zionist Society

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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish SocietyCairo, EgyptFounded the 1st of Adar I 5657February 1897Central HeadquartersMr. Theodor HerzlEditor of the “Neue Freie Presse”ViennaSir, dear coreligionist in your Jewish…

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Bar Kokhba Jewish Society

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Egypt)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Education, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters

Letter to Bialik on Hebrew Culture

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Society of “Hebrew Language Lovers” [Ḥoveve sefat ‘ever]Moscow BranchMaruseyka, 10 Kosmodimian AlleyTelephone: 180-53Moscow, 24 Adar 5677 [March 18, 1917]To Mr. Ḥ.N. Bialik in Odessa,Honored Friend!Th…

Contributor:

Shoshana Persits

Places:

Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Philosophy, Scholarship, Education, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters

Letter from One Jewish Student to Another

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Wisdom rests quietly in a wise man (Proverbs 14:33); nothing which he purposes to do will be withheld from him [see Job 42:2]. I envisioned a man who was diligent in his labor, who was as bright as…

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Unknown

Places:

Frankfurt- Oder, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)

Date:

End of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Theology, Philosophy, Education, Letters

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Firsthand accounts, Letters

An Attempt to Open a School for Jewish Girls in Ottoman Istanbul

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Today in every district of Istanbul and neighboring areas we can see Muslim, community, and foreign schools that disseminate instruction and enlighten the people. [For my part] I work as a teacher at…

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Victoria Danon

Places:

Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1895

Subjects:

Education, Women, Muslim-Jewish relations, Islam, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters

Letter to Gershom Scholem

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Berlin-Grunewald Tauberstr. 16 February 26, 1970 Dear Mr. Scholem, Writing this letter does not come easily to me; hence the long delay. And now you know already that I have not been able to decide in…

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Peter Szondi

Places:

Berlin, West Germany (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1970

Subjects:

Scholarship, Aliyah, Holocaust, Antisemitism, Letters, Education

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling

Letter to His Mother

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May the Lord who dwells in Zion protect you from any grief and sorrow. To my beloved mother, the crown of my head, the pious Mrs. Rachel, may she live long. [ . . . ] You should know, my dear mom…

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Moses Sussman Zarit

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 1560

Subjects:

Family, Children, Parenthood, Plague, Education, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters

Letter to the Working Committee of the Hebrew University

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Jabotinsky, Vladimir Yevgenyevich To the [Hebrew] University working committee in St. Petersburg July 7, 1914Dear Sirs,1. J. C. T. transferred 500 Rubles to me on your behalf, the receipt of which I…

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Vladimir Jabotinsky

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Education, Zionism, Politics, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Political Culture

Letters to Sholem Aleichem

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June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]Dear Sir:Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the following…

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Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Yiddish, Jewish identity, Education, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters

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