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Every single nation, if it wishes to place its foot on the threshold of the family of nations on the earth, must prepare a constitution for itself stating its integrity, and to bring with it the book…
It is possible to see the promise of a beginning of Levantine literature—rooted in the realities of the Middle East and influenced by European culture—in Le livre de Goha le Simple [Goha the Fool] by…
Brenner sinned. He went and published terrible heretical remarks, implying that the fundamental question is not the question of the Jewish religion, but the question of the place of productive work…
[ . . . ] However, the new Ha-Shiloaḥ will also be different from its predecessor in many important respects. Without a doubt, Hebrew literature has evolved and accomplished much over the past fifteen…
Look: the life and death of this organ [publication] is in your hands. If you wish, it will expand, flourish, and branch out in quality and quantity, and, if you wish, it will dry up, wither, and fade…
To the Poet Yehuda Leib Levin (“Yehalal”)Warsaw, Wednesday, Heshvan 5655, 1894Dear Sir and distinguished author,Recent years have shown us that the national movement is not merely failing to increase…
The written Hebrew agadah [lore and legends transmitted in rabbinic texts] is the primary literary form that was dominant for several centuries in the world of unbounded folk and individual creation…
A. Stories and sketches from life today and in the past; legends and poems.B. Articles about Jewish history and the Land of Israel, and the history of the achievements of…
Literary-minded Jews have long been perplexed by a strange phenomenon. Our literature which is thousands of years old, comprises tens of thousands of volumes, and represents the many creative forces…
Mr. [Israel Ḥayim] Taviov says: “Those who vehemently demand a large and broad literature in the Hebrew language, comprising all branches of wisdom and science—they are the ultranationalists of the…