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That the image of these United States as a “meltingpot” might be a delusion and its imputed harmony with democracy a snare was not an idea which, prior to the Great War, seemed even possible to…
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Horace M. Kallen
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New York City, United States of America
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1924
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Here, then, an effort was mounted by the United States and its allies to hold the line against any further advances by the Soviet Union, whether operating on its own through military invasion or…
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Norman Podhoretz
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New York, United States of America
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1979
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American Jews, according to the conventional wisdom, have always been impassioned and faithful in their attachment to Israel. “We are One!” the popular fund-raising slogan, has also served as a…
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Jerold S. Auerbach
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Wellesley, United States of America
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1996
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The belated adoption of the first law of Jewish emancipation has led to the assumption that it had no practical value. True as this statement may be technically, it nevertheless needs further…
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George Barany
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Denver, United States of America
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1974
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With good reason the Jewish people have earned the highest title to which a nation can aspire, the honor of being called The People of the Book [Am ha-seyfer]. “Der Seyfer,” the book, has…
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S. An-ski
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
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1914
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In 1905 a group of Jewish Social Democrats left the party in Galicia in order to found their own organization of Jewish Social Democratic workers. The executive of the international Social Democratic…
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Otto Bauer
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1907
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish SocietyCairo, EgyptFounded the 1st of Adar I 5657February 1897Central HeadquartersMr. Theodor HerzlEditor of the “Neue Freie Presse”ViennaSir, dear coreligionist in your Jewish…
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Bar Kokhba Jewish Society
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Egypt)
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1897
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Before we come to the determination of our tasks, we would like to pause for a while to consider the situation of the present moment. We are experiencing here in Palestine a relatively quiet…
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
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1906
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Nearly fifteen years ago, following frequent persecutions against our coreligionists in Russia and Romania, a few European Jews conceived of the project of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine and…
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David Fresco
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
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1909
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Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with Patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent. A man is a better citizen of the United States for being also…
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Louis D. Brandeis
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Boston, United States of America
Date:
1915