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Letter to Ludwig Strauss on Zionism
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 October 10, 1912Berlin-GrunewaldDelbrückstr. 23 Dear Mr. Strauß!That Jewishness is an inner substance is also my assessment, which, like all reflections and insights concerning my attitude toward…

Contributor:

Walter Benjamin

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Philosophy, Modernity, Letters

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to the Working Committee of the Hebrew University
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Jabotinsky, Vladimir Yevgenyevich To the [Hebrew] University working committee in St. Petersburg July 7, 1914Dear Sirs,1. J. C. T. transferred 500 Rubles to me on your behalf, the receipt of which I…

Contributor:

Vladimir Jabotinsky

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Education, Zionism, Politics, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Political Culture
Letter to Henrietta Szold
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Tiberias, March 7, 1909To the Very Honorable Miss Szold,I am certain that you will be surprised that after a year and a half of silence I am suddenly taking up our correspondence with this long letter…

Contributor:

Manya Wilbushewitz Shoḥat

Places:

Tiberias, Ottoman Palestine (Tabarīya, Israel)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Zionism, Israel/Israelis, Agriculture, Arab-Jewish relations, Economic life, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Diary Excerpt: Against the War
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[ . . . ] Got together with Werner this afternoon; he wants me to become active in the [Social Democratic] party. Had a discussion about historical materialism that was quite interesting to me. [ . .…

Contributor:

Gershom Scholem

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1915

Subjects:

War, Politics, Rebellion, Zionism, Community, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Letters