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Judaism and the Jews, or, On Jewish Apostasy
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“People generally say: the Torah before anything else. I, however, would say: Jews are holy, and they come first.” [Seder Eliyahu Rabba 14.2]This is the history of how Jewish thinking became enslaved…

Contributor:

Ya‘akov Ze’ev Latski-Bertholdi

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Apostasy, Exile, Theology, Assimilation, Sectarianism

Categories:

Theology, Science & philosophy
Responsum: On Uniting European Jewry
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Now, the editor [of the Maḥzike hadas journal] suggested that we keep away from the people of this generation, that is, separate from one another entirely, just as Abraham separated from Lot [see…

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Naphtali Tsvi Yehudah Berlin, the

Places:

Volozhin, Russian Empire (Valozhyn, Belarus)

Date:

Late 19th Century

Subjects:

Exile, Sectarianism, Jewish identity, Migration

Categories:

Political Culture, Law, Responsa