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The attempt to edit a songbook for Jewish organizations is such an entirely new undertaking—one without any precedent whatsoever—that it would appear necessary to offer a few words of…
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Heinrich Loewe
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
1894
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The way in which the Jewish world will merge into the European follows from the above-mentioned principle. To merge does not mean to perish [aufgehen ist nicht untergehen]. Only the obstinate, self…
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Eduard Gans
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1822
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No householder or unmarried man above the age of thirteen may wear a colored hat in the synagogue on Shabbat or Yom Tov, only a black hat. Likewise, a householder may not come to the synagogue wearing…
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The Jewish Communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek
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Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)
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1714–1733
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1. A head of household, student, or youth—be he local or a foreigner, whether he eats for free, or pays for his food—may not wear a camisol [vest] of gold cloth or brocade with…
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Johannes Alexander Böner, The Jewish Community of Fürth
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
Date:
1728–1754
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It is the same goal that the praiseworthy and renowned Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith [Central-Verein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens] has set itself for years and…
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Martin Phillipson
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1900
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The heads of the Communities have gathered here at Frankfort at the order of our masters, the Sages of Germany, to sit in council and look into the needs of the community and to make such ordinances…
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The Synod of the Jewish Communities in Germany
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1603
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We have accepted upon ourselves the rabbi, aluf, the gaon, our teacher and master R. Isaiah ben R. Abraham ha-Levi, of blessed memory, to serve as our av bet din [head of the court] and rosh yeshiva…
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The Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1606