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Excerpts from the Minute Book of a Psalms Society in the Russian Army
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This minute-book belongs to the members of the Psalms-Society formed here, at Aleksat, of the honorable Jews serving in the army of His Imperial Majesty Alexander, may His glory be exalted, at the…

Contributor:

Judah Scheindling of Shkudy

Places:

Shkudy, Russian Empire (Skuodas, Lithuania)

Date:

1864–1867

Subjects:

War, Conscription, Communal organizations, Nationalism, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Reference works, Lists & catalogues
The March 17th Decree
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Laws are always tainted by the passions and the prejudices of the legislator. —Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws In 1807, Mordecai Blum, his wife Rebecca, and his son David were living in a…

Contributor:

Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1841

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Assimilation, Conscription, War, Family

Categories:

Fiction, Political Culture
Marsch der Israelitischen national Garde in Warschau
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This illustration depicts three Polish Jewish soldiers taking part in the Polish uprising of 1830 and 1831. The rendering of an “Israelite National Guard in Warsaw” alongside solemn, patriotic music…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

ca. 1831

Subjects:

Music, Assimilation, Conscription, War, Nationalism

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music
Page with drawing of three uniformed men holding bayonets and German headings above and below.