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The Reformed Heder in Pinsk
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The Zionist movement in Pinsk expanded and developed, and some of the best [local] activists concentrated their efforts there. Activities, such as lectures, debates, and the sale of Shekels and Jewish…

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Ḥayah Weizmann-Lichtenstein

Places:

Pinsk, Russian Empire (Pinsk, Belarus)

Date:

1904

Subjects:

Education, Jewish identity, Zionism, Reform Judaism, Jewish languages, Journalism

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Reportage
Igeret ha-yeshiva (Epistle on the Yeshiva)
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Our dear brethren, Children of Israel, perhaps the time has now come to repair the breaches in our ranks; let us return to uphold the Torah of the Almighty with all our strength. Who will be the…

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Ḥayim of Volozhin

Places:

Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)

Date:

1803

Subjects:

Education, Scholarship, Torah study, Talmud, Halakhah, Theology

Categories:

Theology, Pedagogy & Schooling
On Necessary Jewish Educational Reforms
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We can see that our sages, of blessed memory, likewise declared the Torah a weapon, as it has stood by us, enabling us to emerge triumphant in the wars for our religious and moral existence, in which…

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Yitsḥak Ya‘akov Reines

Places:

Lida, Russian Empire (Lida, Belarus)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Education, Yeshiva, Jewish languages, Jewish identity, Torah study, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Pedagogy & Schooling
Letter on Education
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With the grace of God, Friday, before the Shabbat of the reading of Noah, 5672 [1911]. To our fellow Hasidim (in the city of Turov), My stomach turned and my ears burned on hearing the terrible news…

Contributor:

Israel Perlow

Places:

Stolin, Russian Empire (Stolin, Belarus)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Hasidism, Education, Piety, Jewish movements, Jewish identity, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling