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Even though the town has a well right in the middle of the marketplace, many of its finest people use river water that they have to carry from the edge of the town half a mile away. The river water is…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1899
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We want to scrape off the eggshells of the ghetto and live as children of the present in the midst of German intellectual life, but without breaking with our past and shaking off the legitimate…
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Eugen Fuchs
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Berlin, Germany
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1912
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The task of this book was determined by its being part of the Grundriß [der Gesamtwissenschaft des Judentums; Fundamental Study toward the Comprehensive Knowledge of Judaism] series. Based on…
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Ismar Elbogen
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Berlin, Germany
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1913
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From the silence of the night I heard a clamor,
Like the clank of chains of bondage, the sound of linked fetters
Jangling each other—
The heavens opened,
And suddenly a great flood of light burst…
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David Frishman
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1896
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Theatro Carlos Gomes
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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1915
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Sidney H. Riesenberg
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1918
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I believe “Oriental” is the appropriate term. I feel proud to be classed with Hindus and Chinese and Japanese and other Asiatics. Besides, the name reminds us of dear Turkey, to whom we owe so much…
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Joseph Gedalecia
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1914
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Noted for Service, the Jewish woman, especially in America, faces her greatest opportunities.
It has always been the same story for her. Her home has been the circle from which she has radiated…
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Belle Moskowitz
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1917
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Deeply respected Niger,I ask you to endure me in Russian.I want to express to you my happiness that we are approaching the time of the new Jewish book, a book created with love towards [the thing]…
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El Lissitzky
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1918
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- To perform their work in the workshop for three complete years from the day of their entry, not to cease at all during this tenure, and not to be hired by another artisan, neither as an apprentice nor…
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Sha‘are Torah Technical School
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
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1907