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Many Jews in America owe their spiritual-intellectual development to the progressive Yiddish-language periodicals that are published here. But the existing progressive Yiddish-language periodicals are…
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Alexander Harkavy
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1897
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One of the most important things that the government has introduced in Russia to improve education among Jews is the decree that each community must choose a…
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Berish Rozenblum, Menashe Margolis
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1864
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The library is an integral part of public education.—“Public Libraries.”
The library and the public school occupy the most important…
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Helene Sheinberg
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1913
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A foolish, misunderstood order by the Board of Education about cutting out “mandlen” [tonsils] from children’s throats is interpreted to mean a command to slit childrens’ throats and causes a wild…
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1906
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The synagogues where older and more modest congregants pray are spared to some extent. It is a good thing that they are closed all day and all night and are opened only for early morning prayers and…
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A. Grodner
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1866
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Khaye-Gite came. She is a typical grandmother. She talks to God quietly, politely. She wasn’t too keen on telling us about being a grandmother. She just told us a few things. She knows lots…
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S. An-ski
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Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1912–1913
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I want, at the request of the Arbeter Ring’s National Education Committee, to give a brief overview of the lectures we have arranged this season.
It is true that we haven’t had the opportunity to…
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A. Feynman
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1916
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As for me, my youth began very early. At the age of ten, I was already a grownup, a Polner mentsh, as the Jews said. Besides my diligent studies, back then I was a “God-seeker.” I felt confined, and…
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Puah Rakovsky
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Mandate Palestine (Palestine)
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1942
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So, is it not an injustice for girls to be so neglected that the refined feelings which are God’s gift to all mankind are often destroyed in them? But if you speak to Jewish parents they will tell you…
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Urye Kahan, Alexander Zederbaum
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
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1863