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An Answer to the Slav
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I hesitate to sound immodest, So I must warn you in advance, If you will listen now in earnest, Then please excuse my stance. More startling than other words, And I will use this…

Contributor:

Reuben Kulisher

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1849

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Nationalism, War, Violence, Enlightenment

Categories:

Political Culture, Poetry, Popular Poetry
Tolstoy and the Jews
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I have often been asked, and still am asked, whether I know from my frequent conversations with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy about his attitudes toward the Jews. I am asked whether I spoke with him on…

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Ilya Ginzburg

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Writing, Jewish identity, Nationalism, Antisemitism

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts