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A systematic collection of the traditional songs of Oriental Jews is of great importance, both for the elucidation of the vocal music used in synagogues and for the study of the origins of…
We are calling upon the Hungarian general public and especially our Jewish coreligionists to support a new undertaking. Our undertaking does not seek to compete with an existing one; rather, it…
I am a Jew, and the Hebrew language is sweeter to me than the language of any other nation, for it is the heritage of our ancestors from time immemorial, a beloved remnant from days of yore…
Life is like a river;we are fish.The water’s wholesome and freshand we would swim forever,but for a black figureon the riverbank.There Satan stands,in his handsa fishing rod,and catches fish.With a…
Ai, the troubles of a greenhorn! A scholar in the subject of cloakmaking, as I am today, I had not yet become. And if in those days you had “unioned” me till you were blue in the face, I still would…
[ . . . ] I have striven to transmit exactly the course of thought, the spirit, and the expressions of the [original] text; thus, you have before you not a “reworking” but a true translation.I have…
To the Poet Yehuda Leib Levin (“Yehalal”)Warsaw, Wednesday, Heshvan 5655, 1894Dear Sir and distinguished author,Recent years have shown us that the national movement is not merely failing to increase…
The Jewish population in the United States has grown from a quarter of a million to about one million. Scarcely a large American town but has some Russo-Jewish names in its directory, with an educated…
We have been implored to print the following letter:Dear Mrs. Bernadzikowska-Belović,I am an eager reader of the Bosnische Post and, especially, of your short feature pieces and articles, which are my…
The speaker brings examples and proofs from other nations, like Switzerland, Belgium, and even different states in Germany, where the spoken language is radically different from the official state…