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And now, why is it that I ask you, and beg of you, like a son who begs of his father, that you do everything that you possibly can to emigrate to this holy place? If there is no other reason, then it…
Contributor:
Samuel Picho
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
ca. 1500
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For many years we have awaited your arrival on our soil. We waited, as we believed that your arrival fulfills our eminent, longing of millennia. To our great pleasure, the joyous day has arrived…
Contributor:
Ben-Zion Hai Uziel
Places:
Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1919
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In early winter 1998, I set out to discover my country, the Holy Land. My pilgrimage was an attempt at religious empathy: I was hoping to encounter, as an Israeli Jew, my Christian and Muslim…
Contributor:
Yossi Klein Halevi
Places:
Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
2001
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At the beginning of the Jewish labor movement in the Pale of Settlement in Russia, Jewish youth began to return from Russian to Yiddish. This started with a free choice, as later on we chose Hebrew…
Contributor:
Rachel Katznelson-Shazar
Places:
Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, Ottoman Palestine (Kinneret, Israel)
Date:
1918