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That self-hatred is present among Jews is a fact that the non-Jew would hardly believe, but which is well known among the Jews themselves. It is a phenomenon which has been observed ever since the…
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Kurt Lewin
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Iowa City, United States of America
Date:
1941
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When we say that we want to remain Jews, and raise our children as Jews, we run the risk of being befogged by one of those meaningless phrases in which the Jews of this generation are particularly…
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Samson Benderly
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1911
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In the past there were no children among Jews, only “little Jews without beards,” so neither was there any children’s literature. Boys in the traditional heder used to read Ḥumesh [The Pentateuch]…
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Shmuel Niger
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1913
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The “kindergarten” as a corridor to the salon of education, as a foundation for the tower of learning, has received particular attention among all civilized peoples, and all the more so does it…
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Yitsḥak Alterman
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1917
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Society of “Hebrew Language Lovers” [Ḥoveve sefat ‘ever] Moscow Branch Maruseyka, 10 Kosmodimian Alley Telephone: 180-53 Moscow, 24 Adar 5677 [March 18, 1917] To Mr. Ḥ.N. Bialik in Odessa,Honored…
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Shoshana Persits
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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1917
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“Bar Kokhba” Jewish Society
Cairo, Egypt
Founded the 1st of Adar I 5657
February 1897
Central Headquarters
Mr. Theodor Herzl
Editor of the “Neue Freie Presse”
Vienna
Sir, dear coreligionist in…
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Bar Kokhba Jewish Society
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Egypt, Egypt)
Date:
1897
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For me, there are six components essential to the success we have had with the Whizin Institute for Jewish Family Education. First of all, it’s the faculty. These are…
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Bruce Fabian Whizin
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Sherman Oaks, United States of America
Date:
1998
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The Bible, once at the center of the cultural scene, has become marginalized, its magic has faded. A new Israeli generation no longer believes that, to be considered educated, one must be well-versed…
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Uriel Simon
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1999
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If we Jews had our patron saints, the priest-prophet Ezekiel would be the patron saint of those of us who are vitally concerned in the outcome of the present crisis in…
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Mordecai M. Kaplan
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New York, United States of America
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1948
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Tunis, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar 5648
When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they commit falsehood; and the thief enters in, and the troop of…
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Shalom Flāḥ
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Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunis, Tunisia)
Date:
1888