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One of the chief aims of anthropology is the study of the mind of man under the varying conditions of race and of environment. The activities of the mind manifest themselves in thoughts and actions…
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Franz Boas
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1901
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The present commentary on Leviticus is based on my lectures on Leviticus given at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin in 1873/4 and 1876/7. This fact explains the approach and the economy of my…
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David Tsvi Hoffmann
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1904
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The Central Committee of the German Zionist Federation [Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland] asked me to collect the Jewish essays by Moses Hess and to edit them on the occasion of the…
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Theodor Zlocisti
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Berlin, Germany
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1905
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The object of this publication, an Ethiopian text, is taken from a book of Falasha prayers which I acquired from Dabtarà Bàrok, a Jewish man of letters, in Adenkato. It contains the…
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Jacques Faïtlovitch
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Paris, France
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1906
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This is the statement of the author, Mordechai Ha-kohen, son of My Lord, My Father Rabbi Yehudah, son of Marco (Mordechai), son of Abraham Israel Hakohen, born in Tripoli, Africa, on the twenty-fifth…
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Mordechai ha-Kohen
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Ottoman Empire (Libya, Libya)
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1907
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The memoir published here is a substantial and valuable addition to the scientific literature on cases of erroneous sex determination. For the first time, an intelligent person gives an exhaustive…
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Magnus Hirschfield
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Berlin, Germany
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1907
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Permit me first of all to express my deep appreciation to the president of the Argentine Rural Society for his kind introduction.
I feel extremely honored to be…
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Aaron Pavlovsky
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1910
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A book in my hand. The steam
Of the radiator on my brows.
There’s a light rain outside.
I’m sleepy. I almost drift off.
I’m sleepy. People speaking,
As through a canvas, monotone.
A young man…
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Yosef Rolnik
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1915
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The sum of suffering is greater
Than the sum of happiness.
That’s what a philosopher said
Long ago, years and years.
The waves of suffering wash away
Happiness’s tiny isle.
The bridge of suffering…
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Yosef Rolnik
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1915
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Queen Esther said to herself What is there to fear? We move in our orbits like the stars.
But in the night looking at the black fields and river she could not help thinking of Vashti’s white cheeks…
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Charles Reznikoff
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1917