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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…
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Theodor Herzl
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1897
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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…
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Protestrabiner
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Berlin, Germany
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1897
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Written today, the 13th of the month of Adar 5653 (March 1, 1893), and addressed by us, the poor and downtrodden members of the community of Urumia, may God protect it, with a thousand greetings and…
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The Jewish Community of Urmiya
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Urumia, Iran (Urmia, Iran)
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1894
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[This testimony was] given by rape victim Rivke Shif. She is the wife of Shabse Shif, a shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers. (He lived at 11…
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Chaim Nahman Bialik
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1903
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Statisticians customarily provide detailed counts for a typical small town, from which deductions can be made regarding other small towns of the same type. Thus the statistics of a small town acquire…
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Jakob Lestschinsky
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1903
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I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship. We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting. The old Inquisition had its rack and…
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Rosa Schneiderman
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1911
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We are embarking on the publication of a new journal devoted to the affairs of the workers and masses of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel and the Ottoman Empire. We wish to create a journal…
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Editorial Board of Ha-Aḥdut
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
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1910
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Mrs. Frederick Nathan returned to New York last week after a summer spent in the various capitals of Europe, where she attended numerous congresses and met the leaders of the European feminist…
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Maud Nathan
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1913
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We have been implored to print the following letter:Dear Mrs. Bernadzikowska-Belović,I am an eager reader of the Bosnische Post and, especially, of your short feature pieces and articles, which are my…
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Laura Papo
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Sarajevo, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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1916
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Anyone who says that our Hebrew literature has developed, expanded, and been enriched over the past few years either errs or misleads. Or, perhaps, they demand very little from literature in general…
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Reuven Brainin
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1894