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Hershele:For a long time . . . The first evening that you were with us, on Hanuka . . . you said that . . . that Freydenyu . . . my wife’s niece . . . that . . .Mischief:What could I have said about…
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Jacob Gordin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1900
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Lazăr:My friend Matei has a doctorate in law as well.Șor:Another one. That much I understand. A doctor in medicine is feeding on the sick; a doctor in law is feeding on the quarrelsome, but what on…
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Moise Ronetti-Roman
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Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
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1900
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I want to profess straight off that I am a Jew. Does it require justification if I write in a spirit other than that of defending the Jews? Many of my fellow tribesmen know themselves only as Germans…
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Walter Rathenau
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
1897
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Motivated by the book by Mrs. R. Centnerszwerowa: There is a heated struggle going on about public schooling in the [Polish] Kingdom [of the Russian Empire]. Various speakers at a range of meetings…
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Majer Bałaban
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Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
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1898
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We see that the categories of understanding the nation produced in its adolescence are a result of emotions developed in its childhood. According to our approach, we can conclude that the Talmud—which…
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Ḥayim Tchernowitz
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1901
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[ . . . ] A few remarks on foreign words in the literature which for the sake of brevity is here called Talmudic, may not be out of place in this preface.The intercourse between the Jews of the…
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Marcus Jastrow
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1903
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Neglect of the Tasks of Autonomous Activity of the Proletariat: The Heritage of the Iskra Period
Many, far too many comrades remain deaf and blind to the questions we have just raised. This deafness…
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Leon Trotsky
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Geneva, Switzerland
Date:
1904
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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…
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Manya Wilbushewitz Shoḥat
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Tiberias, Ottoman Palestine (Tabarīya, Israel)
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1909
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The war broke out in its full might; it was a matter of life and death. The nation was expending all of its energies. The wondrous accomplishments of Israel’s heroes had been for naught. Jerusalem was…
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Rachel Yanait
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1909
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Whereas the legislation regarding linguistic rights currently being considered by the Duma directly opposes the interests of the proletariat and the masses of the Jewish nation; and whereas this…
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The Bund
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1910