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Judaism’s approach to history is shaped by the fact that unlike other religions, it locates perfection not at the beginning but at the end of history. This, surely, is the…
The means of making the Jews happy and useful? Here it is: stop making them unhappy and unuseful. Accord them, or rather return to them the right of citizens, which you have denied them, against all…
The French Revolution wherever it penetrates, and in France above all, opens to Judaism a new era, in a double sense, material and moral.
On one hand, by breaking down the barrier between the Jew and…
To make the history of antisemitism complete, omitting none of the manifestations of this sentiment and following its divers phases and modifications, it is necessary to go into the history of Israel…
Those who are engrossed by the Jewish problem and strive to resolve it approach it from the most various points of view, save that which alone would be logical—I mean the Jewish point of view.
Indeed…
Mariette was preparing for her first communion. This was serious:
“The most beautiful day of my life, you understand!”
I didn’t understand.
“There’ll be bells ringing and music and lights…
Have I made it clear how much I indulge my husband? Seven years of love had been simply one long series of concessions, joyfully made in a whirl of happiness. I adjusted to everything, all the…
[ . . . ] Braendel dragged the poor woman into the smoky room, which stank of sweat, beer, and wine, and cried out in a loud voice, “Aren’t you ashamed, you children of honest Jews, to drink and…
Community. From the point of view of religious practices, the Jewish community of Hamadan is one of the least homogeneous of Persia. It is not unusual to find in the same family a mother who is a…
Why does the name of Orpheus, “the first of the world’s singers,” as Lefranc de Pompignan called him, appear on the title-page of this volume? Because he was not merely “the first singer,”…