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Letter from Jerusalem
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And now, why is it that I ask you, and beg of you, like a son who begs of his father, that you do everything that you possibly can to emigrate to this holy place? If there is no other reason, then it…

Contributor:

Samuel Picho

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

ca. 1500

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Aliyah, Israel-Diaspora relations, Profession, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
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, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, 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…

Contributor:

Peter Szondi

Places:

Berlin, West Germany (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1970

Subjects:

Scholarship, Aliyah, Holocaust, Antisemitism, Letters, Education

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling