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Reproaches, condemnations, indictments by other nations—the plot is clear. It leads to the public humiliation, the forced isolation of a people whose suffering is the oldest in the world.
Arrests…
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Elie Wiesel
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Paris, France
(New York, United States of America)
Date:
1975
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In twelfth grade I am at the height of my power as a young woman. I am experienced. I am loved. I am excelling in my classes. I am president of my school and lead all school meetings in the gym every…
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Rebecca Walker
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2000
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In what sense is Judaism racist? Does it in general recognize the “holiness” of race and if so, what practical deductions have Jews made from such a theory?
In connection with the Nazi racist…
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Hayim Greenberg
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1945
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I was standing in the park under that tree. They call it the Hanging Elm. Once upon a time it made a big improvement on all kinds of hooligans. Nowadays if, once in a while…No. So this woman comes up…
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Grace Paley
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1985
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Is the Holocaust definable? Is it desirable to define it? After all, definitions are abstractions from reality and are useful only insofar as they help us to better understand the world around us. Any…
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Yehuda Bauer
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New Haven, United States of America
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
2001
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In the living quarters of the [North] African [Jews] in the transit camps, here’s what you’ll find: you’ll find filth, card games, and money, drunkenness, and whoring. Many of them are afflicted with…
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Aryeh Gelblum
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1949
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With the first morning light I got up and looked out on the landscape of the Jerusalem Hills. I looked toward the nearby border. One of my relatives told me how the well in our house…
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Salman Shina
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1955
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Pounding, heavy feet climbed the muddy path up the hill that looked out over wild bushes. The walkers’ steps sank in the earth next to each other and on top of each other on the path upward, in the…
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Shimon Ballas
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1964
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Finally, I should like to remind the reader that I am writing as an outsider. I have never lived in the South and have even avoided occasional trips to Southern states because they…
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Hannah Arendt
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1959
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The Jew can be an ally of the black liberation movement and he should be. But first he must find himself. He must realize that his own struggle for liberation is a continuing one, that he also has…
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M. J. Rosenberg
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1969