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A Fire Is Kindled within Me
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A fire [of joy] is kindled within me, when I recall [the spiritual climate] when I was in Yemen, [But] my soul [descended to] abysmal depths and was immensely astounded when I came to Zion. The Jews…

Contributor:

Shalom Rada’i

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Date:

1951

Subjects:

Zionism, Cities, Prayer, Education, Modernity

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Popular Poetry, Biblical Poetry
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

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand Accounts, Letters
The Reformed Heder in Pinsk
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The Zionist movement in Pinsk expanded and developed, and some of the best [local] activists concentrated their efforts there. Activities, such as lectures, debates, and the sale of Shekels and Jewish…

Contributor:

Ḥayah Weizmann-Lichtenstein

Places:

Pinsk, Russian Empire (Pinsk, Belarus)

Date:

1904

Subjects:

Education, Jewish identity, Zionism, Reform Judaism, Jewish languages

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage