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What Language Did the Jews in Poland Speak?
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Motivated by the book by Mrs. R. Centnerszwerowa: There is a heated struggle going on about public schooling in the [Polish] Kingdom [of the Russian Empire]. Various speakers at a range of meetings…

Contributor:

Majer Bałaban

Places:

Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Education, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy
Auger Shaped
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I want to be a Pole. You have my word! I want to reach the peak of Polishness But I can find no way to manage: They always shout: “You’re a jew!” When I defend the jews from slander, Hoping to…

Contributor:

Leo Belmont

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Assimilation, Christian-Jewish relations, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Assimilation or Polonization?
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Assimilation, taken literally, means making things similar to each other, and in this concrete instance refers to a desire for the assimilation of Jews in terms of language, culture, and customs to…

Contributor:

Adam Wizel

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Assimilation, Nationalism, Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Jewish languages

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology