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Letter on Education
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With the grace of God, Friday, before the Shabbat of the reading of Noah, 5672 [1911]. To our fellow Hasidim (in the city of Turov), My stomach turned and my ears burned on hearing the terrible news…

Contributor:

Israel Perlow

Places:

Stolin, Russian Empire (Stolin, Belarus)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Hasidism, Education, Piety, Jewish movements, Jewish identity, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Pedagogy & Schooling
Letters to Shimon Dubnow
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To Mr. Sh. Dubnow, St. Petersburg Moscow, Jan. 8, 1907 I received your letter, and thank you for everything you told me about. . . . I have already heard about the classes you are giving on Genesis…

Contributor:

Ahad Ha-Am

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1906–1907

Subjects:

Zionism, Scholarship, Jewish identity, Education, Christian-Jewish relations, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
On Guard
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Beloved brothers! It is a sublime and meaningful name we have taken for ourselves! We carry the name of choice individuals from our people—people who have, in practice, actually presented themselves…

Contributor:

David Horowitz

Places:

Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria, Austria)
Austria, Austria

Date:

1917

Subjects:

Zionism, Israel/Israelis, Agriculture, Jewish identity, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter from Jerusalem
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How goodly are the tents of Jacob, the dwelling-places of Israel (Numbers 24:5), the synagogues and study houses in Jerusalem, that from morning to evening and from midnight to morning are never…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1628

Subjects:

Cities, Jerusalem, Synagogue, Jewish identity, Ritual & observance, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to the Alliance Israélite Universelle
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I am in the process of preparing a rather copious work on Salonica, its past, and its present. The history of the [Jewish] community has given me quite a headache. I have gone through a pile of…

Contributor:

Joseph Nehama

Places:

Salonica, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Philosophy, Community, Jewish identity, Writing, Scholarship, Letters, Education

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Pedagogy & Schooling, Letters
Letter to Ha-Shaḥar on Reviving the Hebrew Language
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It is plain for all to see, sir, that our youth is abandoning our language—but why? Because in their eyes it is a dead and useless tongue. All our efforts to make them appreciate the importance of the…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1880

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Jewish identity, Education, Antisemitism, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts
Letter to Zalman Shneour: On Children’s Education
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Why should I write to you about myself? Nothing has happened in the meantime in my personal life. My son is still with me, as before. He is still an Extern. He knows the gymnasium [university…

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Yehoshu‘a Ḥana Ravnitski

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Children, Jewish identity, Education, Family, Holidays, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters