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Brothers!The slaughter and plunder in Kishinev, the likes of which have not descended upon us since the days of Chmielnicki and Gonta—command us to open our eyes and see our status in this country as…
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Ahad Ha-Am, Simon Dubnov, Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski, Chaim Nahman Bialik
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Kishinev, Russian Empire (Chisinau, Moldova)
Date:
1903
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Among the living nations of the earth the Jews occupy the position of a nation long since dead. With the loss of their fatherland, the Jews lost their independence and fell into a state of decay…
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Leon Pinsker
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Russia)
Date:
1882
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“You come from Poland, Monsieur David . . . ?”
“Davidovich.”
Lévy, his host, looking with desperation at the traveling salesman, supplied the name. Still sweating from fear, Lévy was now sweating for…
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Jean-Richard Bloch
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France, France
Date:
1912
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I printed my book [Leḥem Yehudah] in Venice at the beginning of for the Almighty Shadai [in gematria = 1553] has dealt very bitterly with me (Ruth 1:20) and the ruler of Rome [the Pope] decreed that…
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Judah Lerma
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Sabbioneta, Venice (Sabbioneta, Italy)
Date:
1554
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These last words—spoken in all seriousness—completely confused Heinz. He thought he hadn’t heard right.
“Sorry—What do you have?”
“Patrol duty—Jacob can take care of the money now; you’ve seen that…
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Sammy Gronemann
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1918
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On the sixth and seventh of April a pogrom took place in Kishinev! A band of Christians attacked the Jewish townspeople and with the greatest cruelty they…
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Central Committee of the Bund
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1903