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The Pillar of Salt
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My name is Benillouche, Alexandre Mordekhai. How galling the smiles of my classmates! In our alley, and at the Alliance School, I hadn’t known how ridiculous, how revealing, my name could be…

Contributor:

Albert Memmi

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1953

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Class, Education, Jewish identity, Maghrebi

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Letter to Herzl from Egypt’s First Zionist Society
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish SocietyCairo, EgyptFounded the 1st of Adar I 5657February 1897Central HeadquartersMr. Theodor HerzlEditor of the “Neue Freie Presse”ViennaSir, dear coreligionist in your Jewish…

Contributor:

Bar Kokhba Jewish Society

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Egypt)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Zionism, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Education

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
La Place de l’étoile
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Rue Sainte-Catherine, people turned as we passed. Probably because of my father’s purple suit, his Kentucky green shirt and the same old shoes with the astrakhan spats. I fondly…

Contributor:

Patrick Modiano

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1968

Subjects:

Humor, Jewish identity, Education, Antisemitism, Adolescence

Categories:

Literature, Fiction