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The Bund has inscribed on its banner the demand for equal civil rights for the Jews. At the Convention the opinion was expressed that Jewish Social Democracy deals with the needs of the Jewish…
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The Bund
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Kovno, Russian Empire (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Date:
1899
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Whereas the legislation regarding linguistic rights currently being considered by the Duma directly opposes the interests of the proletariat and the masses of the Jewish nation; and whereas this…
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The Bund
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1910
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Dear Sir, [ . . . ]
We can talk about a Jewish racial or religious sentiment, but this is in perfect harmony with the Jews’ Hungarian national sentiment, which is not a patriotic slogan but a very…
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József Patai
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Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
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1914
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Esteemed editor:
Permit me to say a couple of words about the educational work of the Arbeter Ring.
I think that the work, as now conducted, is wasted. As far as the Arbeter Ring’s courses go there…
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B. Sheyfer
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Buffalo, United States of America
Date:
1918
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The problem of creating a body of translated literature in Yiddish is very important and must be solved systematically. This serves the interests of our original [Yiddish] literature best.
[I will…
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Moyshe Litvakov
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Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1918–1919
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Motivated by the book by Mrs. R. Centnerszwerowa: There is a heated struggle going on about public schooling in the [Polish] Kingdom [of the Russian Empire]. Various speakers at a range of meetings…
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Majer Bałaban
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Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
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1898
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[ . . . ] A few remarks on foreign words in the literature which for the sake of brevity is here called Talmudic, may not be out of place in this preface.The intercourse between the Jews of the…
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Marcus Jastrow
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1903
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Ever since the written word in Russia became a bit freer, the country has released a torrent of Yiddish publications of every sort. Various publishing houses have appeared, and every one of them is…
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Abraham Cahan
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1907
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I have merited to make this book, which I named Kol sasson [The Voice of Gladness], for the reason that our masters of blessed memory said that it is obligatory for everyone…
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Mordechai Seror
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Algiers, French Algeria (Algiers, Algeria)
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1884
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To the Lilliputians and to the Giants
Translated and adapted from Jonathan Swift by Alexandre Benghiat.
The prince of that place, who saw and liked me, bought me from my master, and I was taken to…
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Alexander Benghiat
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İzmir, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)
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1903–1904