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Chapters of My Autobiography
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The story of my life is only exceptional in that it represents a great change of identity in the heart of the Jewish people. [ . . . ] I was born a Jewish Algerian—a French citizen to boot—and during…

Contributor:

Léon Ashkenazi

Places:

Orsay, France

Date:

1967

Subjects:

Modernity, Sephardic, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish identity, Humanistic Judaism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, (Auto)biography
An Anti-Zionist’s Comment to the Polish Jewish Intelligentsia
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I was born a Jew, and as I attained self-awareness, I realized that almost four thousand years of human history were working to present me with questions: How was I to understand myself as a Jew, how…

Contributor:

Henryk Nusbaum

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1899

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Humanistic Judaism, Life cycle, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Firsthand Accounts