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A Bintel Brief
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Dear Editor,I am a Russian revolutionist and a freethinker. Here in America I became acquainted with a girl who is also a freethinker. We decided to marry, but the problem is that she has Orthodox…

Contributor:

The Forward

Places:

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

Date:

1906

Subjects:

Marriage, Orthodox Judaism, Secular Judaism, Family, Modernity, Journalism, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Letters
Family Conflicts
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My childhood, if we’re speaking of relations at home, was exceptionally easy; I never felt a need to rebel against my parents’ conservatism. I encountered no gates to break through—they were all…

Contributor:

Artur Sandauer

Places:

Warsaw, Polish People’s Republic (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1963

Subjects:

Apostasy, Jewish identity, Cities, Family, Modernity, (Auto)biography

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography