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Sermon on the Melting Pot
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There is no denying that under the influence of this enthusiasm for America, the disintegrating process of the Melting Pot is taking place in large measure. That it is not, fortunately, taking place…

Contributor:

Judah L. Magnes

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Assimilation, Reform Judaism, Zionism, Antisemitism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Sermons, Religion & Theology
The Voice of the Youth
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To Our Brethren and Sisters in the Exile, Peace Be with You! “If I help not myself, who will help me?” (Hillel) Nearly two thousand years have elapsed since, in an evil hour, after an heroic…

Contributor:

BILU

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1882

Subjects:

Zionism, Assimilation, Exile, Aliyah

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Protest against Zionism
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We recently received from Vienna the new newspaper of the “Zionists,” Die Welt. It appeared on the eve of the holiday of the Feast of Weeks, which reminds us more than any other holiday that it was…

Contributor:

Protestrabiner

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Assimilation, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Exile

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
An Anti-Zionist’s Comment to the Polish Jewish Intelligentsia
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I was born a Jew, and as I attained self-awareness, I realized that almost four thousand years of human history were working to present me with questions: How was I to understand myself as a Jew, how…

Contributor:

Henryk Nusbaum

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1899

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Humanistic Judaism, Life cycle, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Firsthand Accounts