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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
Daughter of Babylon
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Return to your ancient past Aid your sister with education and culture And people of Israel will once more be a nation. Awake, daughter of Babylon, mother of knowledge Take up in your hand the pen…

Contributor:

Salim Yitshak Nissim

Places:

Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1921

Subjects:

Women, Exile, Israel/Israelis, Jewish languages, Theology

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
The National Movement
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Arise, shine, for thy light is come, Shake thyself from the dust Unlock the lock on your neck Be saved from your enemy. Awaken, get out of thy exile Rise up from your degradation Wake up from your…

Contributor:

Aharon Sason

Places:

Baghdad, British Mandate Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1929

Subjects:

Exile, Jewish languages, Ecology

Categories:

Literature, Poetry