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In placing before the public this account of the Bene-Israel of the Bombay Presidency, we think we need make no apology for having selected a subject in which the civilized world has already…
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Haeem Samuel Kehimkar
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Bombay, British India (Mumbai, India)
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1897
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This Sixth Part is the last part of the “First Period” of Jewish history, which we have called “Israel in its Land.” Part Seven, which follows, will be the first part of…
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Ze’ev Yavetz
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1902
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Anyone arriving from Western Europe by steamship to Mohilev for the first time will be struck on the dock by nothing as much as by the enormous throng of…
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Sara Rabinowitsch
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
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1903
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One of the most widespread concerns among the intellectual classes of the present period is that of the decline of the race, and to remedy this decline they demand…
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Gina Lombroso
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Torino, Kingdom of Italy (Turin, Italy)
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1904
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The Four Sections of Jewry Jewish AssimilationNumber. Typical Representatives.Economic Condition.Religious Outlook.EducationBirth- rate per 1,000 souls.Percentage of Mixed Marriages.Conversions…
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Arthur Ruppin
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1904
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[ . . . ] We enter a sweatshop on Lombard, Bainbridge, Monroe or South Fourth Street. It may be on one of several floors in which similar work…
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Charles S. Bernheimer
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1905
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Dear Sir,
You ask me to write extensively about my life. As far as I can, I will gladly do so, but, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do all that much. Here are the reasons: maybe for future…
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Ludwik Zamenhof
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1905
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Mr. Ya‘acov Rabinovitch expressed bitterness about my work in Ha-Poel Ha-Tsa‘ir. I proposed: (1) the formation of one union for all Jewish Arabic teacher…
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Nissim Malul
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem)
Date:
1913
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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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I believe “Oriental” is the appropriate term. I feel proud to be classed with Hindus and Chinese and Japanese and other Asiatics. Besides, the name reminds us of dear Turkey, to whom we owe so much…
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Joseph Gedalecia
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1914