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The Hunt in Bohemia
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The great controversy in Bohemia surrounding the language legislation shows Austrian Jews in a strange position. They go along loyally with those who only yesterday had been their fiercest enemies—and…

Contributor:

Theodor Herzl

Places:

Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Nationalism, Human rights, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
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
Hear, O Israel!
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I want to profess straight off that I am a Jew. Does it require justification if I write in a spirit other than that of defending the Jews? Many of my fellow tribesmen know themselves only as Germans…

Contributor:

Walter Rathenau

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Assimilation, Nationalism, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
The Russification of Jews
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A major issue within the internal politics of the Russian government concerns the Russification of populations in our remote regions who follow different religions and are of other ethnic backgrounds…

Contributor:

Ilya Orshanski

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1877

Subjects:

Scholarship, Assimilation, Nationalism, Community, Ashkenazi

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts