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Letter to Rome
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Behold, from the time of our settlement in the city that the Lord has chosen, which He had desired for His habitation (Psalms 132:13), we heard your voice and obeyed, for you stand in the breach…

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Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1521

Subjects:

Israel/Israelis, Scholarship, Rabbis, Israel-Diaspora relations, War, Journalism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Letters
1948. A Soldier’s Tale: The Bloody Road to Jerusalem
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At five o’clock in the morning our commanders stormed into the dormitories to wake us. No morning gymnastics. We are in a high state of alert. Our comrades who were on night duty report…

Contributor:

Uri Avnery

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Date:

1948

Subjects:

War, Military, Zionism, Arab-Jewish relations, Parenthood, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Memoirs & diaries
Jewish Military Service
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an earlier…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Military, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Education, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Reportage