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How Does One Produce Culture?
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When the [Yiddish language] culture conference gathered in Czernowitz [in September, 1908], I was against it. When the culture conference gathered in Berlin, I voiced my doubts about it. Now that a…

Contributor:

Hillel Zeitlin

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Exile, Oral Torah, Jewish languages, Philosophy

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Religion & Theology
The Dispersion of Israel
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I have observed that on account of our many sins these days, very many Jews have…

Contributor:

Chofetz Chaim

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Sin, Diaspora, Exile, Migration

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Biblical Commentary, Theology
Victims
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Abraham Chajkes was famous throughout the town, nay, even throughout the entire district, as a decent, “solid,” wealthy merchant. [ . . . ] He gave his growing children the best education according to…

Contributor:

Wilhelm Feldman

Places:

Kraków, Russian Empire (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1889

Subjects:

Family, Conversion, Exile, Children, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Fiction, Religion & Theology