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In this city there are, in effect, for an approximate total of 60,000 Jews, about thirty Israelite culture groups, which are developing with relative prosperity and an excellent measure of success…
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A Buenos Aires Jewish Library
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1916
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Despite all the great difficulties and obstacles, the school in Demievka soon attracted the attention of the Kiev Jewish public. The remote muddy little street in Demievka became a central location…
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Mikhl Levitan
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1917
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The purpose of the Jewish University is to offer Jewish youth the opportunity to obtain an education:
- A. In the general higher disciplines with special consideration given to the Wissenschaft des…
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Martin Buber, Chaim Weizmann, Chaim Weizmann
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Geneva, Switzerland
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1902
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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
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Signs of a new spirit among certain circles of the Jewish intelligentsia can be detected even in the private sphere, within the four walls of their homes. It happens—admittedly, not very often, but…
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Esther Frumkina
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Minsk, Russian Empire (Minsk, Belarus)
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1908
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Honorable Editor,Please publish the following remarks in your newspaper:We, the students in the upper classes of the Palestinian high schools, sent a protest as follows to Messrs Shmaryahu Levi[n], Ah…
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Haifa, Ottoman Palestine (Haifa, Israel)
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1913
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“Consummatum est!” I could exclaim on January 1, 1876.The minister [Jozsef Eötvös] frivolously deceived me. His promise turned out to be a premeditated lie. Scorn and sarcasm were his response when I…
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Ignác Goldziher
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Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
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1890
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A foolish, misunderstood order by the Board of Education about cutting out “mandlen” [tonsils] from children’s throats is interpreted to mean a command to slit childrens’ throats and causes a wild…
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1906
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Ladies and gentlemen!
We can say that time has passed and pens have dried up. Misery is our destiny and the West utilizes it as a tool to ensure our silence. The West manages and shapes our destiny as…
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Esther Azhari Moyal
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Ottoman Empire (Lebanon, Lebanon)
Date:
1912
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Today in every district of Istanbul and neighboring areas we can see Muslim, community, and foreign schools that disseminate instruction and enlighten the people. [For my part] I work as a teacher at…
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Victoria Danon
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Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1895