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Letters of a Young Ex- Hasid
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We live in a time of a universal striving for science and civilization, and the spirit of the time warms the hearts of everyone alike with its breath. It permeates the depths of the soul and reason…

Contributor:

Israel Leon Grosglik

Places:

Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1869

Subjects:

Scholarship, Education, Hasidism, Sectarianism, Ashkenazi

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Journalism, Firsthand Accounts
Letter on Education
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With the grace of God, Friday, before the Shabbat of the reading of Noah, 5672 [1911]. To our fellow Hasidim (in the city of Turov), My stomach turned and my ears burned on hearing the terrible news…

Contributor:

Israel Perlow

Places:

Stolin, Russian Empire (Stolin, Belarus)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Hasidism, Education, Piety, Conservative Judaism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling