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May he be written and sealed immediately for good, long life—the honored rabbi, the splendid gentleman, the sharp and erudite, God-fearing, distinguished, may his name be honored, our teacher, R…
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Ḥayim Soloveitchik
Places:
Brisk, Russian Empire (Brest, Belarus)
Date:
1900
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We must not repeat the mistake made by western Jews . . . in denying their nationality and in assimilating completely in all areas of life except religion. . . . We eastern Jews have seen all the…
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Simon Dubnov
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
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1906
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Given the socioeconomic life-conditions that obtain in the capitalist countries, the Jewish national group [folk-grupe]—as a people without its own national economy—will inevitably always feel a sharp…
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Po‘ale Tsiyon Central Committee
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1905
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Awake, my people! How long will you slumber?
The night has passed, the sun shines bright.
Awake, lift up your eyes, look around you—
Acknowledge, I pray you, your time and your place. . . .
The…
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Judah Leib Gordon
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1866
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I doubt if the Dreyfus case made such a stir anywhere as it did in Kasrilevka.
Paris, they say, seethed like a boiling vat. The papers carried streamers, generals shot themselves, and small boys ran…
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Sholem Aleichem
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1902