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A Sermon Delivered at the Great Synagogue of Smyrna on the Arrival of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore in that City after His Successful Mission on Behalf of His Persecuted Brethren in Damascus
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Remember, I am with you: I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. —Genesis 28:15. From the Midrash Shoḥer tov. “For the leader. Of the servant of the Lord, of David…

Contributor:

Pinḥas de Segura

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

1840

Subjects:

Midrash, Theology, Diaspora, Politics, Speeches

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Speeches
Seeking the Jewish Tradition
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Is the Jewish tradition inherently liberal or inherently conservative? The answer to this much-debated question is quite simple: yes. Which is to say that if by “the Jewish tradition” we mean what is…

Contributor:

Leonard Fein

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Date:

1995

Subjects:

Politics, Midrash, Liberalism

Categories:

Political Culture