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Aleksandr Tyshler
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1928
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Collection of writings, proclamations, and epistles related to the controversy between Hasidim and Misnagdim during the emergence of Hasidism (1772–1816)
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Simon Dubnov
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1918
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From Kiev I took a wagon heading for Zhitomir. Few of my readers will still remember the long coach wagons in which the past generation traveled before the railroads…
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Yehudah Katzenelson
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1917
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Mr. [Israel Ḥayim] Taviov says: “Those who vehemently demand a large and broad literature in the Hebrew language, comprising all branches of wisdom and science—they are the ultranationalists of the…
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Ben-Avigdor
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(Russia, Russia)
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1895
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What do we call folk songs? Of course, these are the songs sung by the people. The songs can either come from unknown authors of the ancient, forgotten past . . . or these can be recently written…
Contributor:
Joel Engel
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1901
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Mendele the bookpeddler says: Whenever a Jew comes to a journey’s end, he feels as if his hips are breaking, his back aching, and his knees shaking from being crushed and squeezed…
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Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh (Mendele Mokher Sforim)
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1903–1912
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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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We have come together these days, during the awakening of our Hebrew literary sphere, to establish a special newspaper for Jewish youngsters and children.Do we really need to talk at length about how…
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Unknown
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(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1917
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Joseph Knebel
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1909
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Precisely in the case of a new and difficult question like “Jewish folk-music,” [ . . . ] it is necessary to establish as much as possible [its] specific, objective characteristics . . . You make fun…
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Joel Engel
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1901