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“Oriental,” Not Sephardi
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I believe “Oriental” is the appropriate term. I feel proud to be classed with Hindus and Chinese and Japanese and other Asiatics. Besides, the name reminds us of dear Turkey, to whom we owe so much…

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Joseph Gedalecia

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

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Demographics, Ethics, Language and linguistics, Race

Categories:

Political Culture, Ethics, Religion & Theology
Declaration of Human Rights
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With the inevitable end of Hitler, the struggle begins, not of tank and plane, but of heart and soul and brain to forge a world in which humanity may live in peace. This new world must be based on the…

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American Jewish Committee

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Date:

1944

Subjects:

Holocaust, Ethics, Human rights, Politics, Fascism

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology
The War for Our Nation
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[By “war”] I mean concrete war—rather than a war of words or an incomplete war of demonstrations. I am not in denial regarding the existence of these words or those demonstrations, and neither do I…

Contributor:

Murād Faraj

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

War, Language and linguistics, Muslim-Jewish relations, Arab-Jewish relations, Ethics

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Religion & Theology
The Sanctification of the Name
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A passage in chapter 22 of the third Book of Moses was destined to become the starting point for one of the most peculiar religious concepts of the Jewish people. It reads: “Observe my laws and…

Contributor:

Samuel Hugo Bergmann

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Theology, Mysticism, Kabbalah, Ethics, Zionism

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology