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The way in which the Jewish world will merge into the European follows from the above-mentioned principle. To merge does not mean to perish [aufgehen ist nicht untergehen]. Only the obstinate, self…
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Eduard Gans
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1822
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Judaism’s approach to history is shaped by the fact that unlike other religions, it locates perfection not at the beginning but at the end of history. This, surely, is the…
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Elijah Benamozegh
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1863
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It is remarkable to observe how prejudice changes its form in every century in order to oppress us and to pose difficulties for our admission to civil society. In former, superstitious times, it was…
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Moses Mendelssohn
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1782
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The means of making the Jews happy and useful? Here it is: stop making them unhappy and unuseful. Accord them, or rather return to them the right of citizens, which you have denied them, against all…
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Zalkind Hourwitz
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1789
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[A coffee-houseFerrando, Don Alfonso and Guglielmo]No. i TrioFerrandoMy Dorabella couldn’tDo such a thing:Heaven made herAs faithful as she’s fair.GuglielmoFiordiligi simplyCouldn…
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1790
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1849
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Isaac Nathan
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London, United Kingdom
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1815
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The Bah (Bayit Hadash) was asked concerning the practice in synagogues of using music which is sung in the houses of worship (of non-Jews). It is only forbidden regarding…
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Israel Moses Ḥazan
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
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1850
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Menachem Vivante (b. 1650) was a rabbi in Corfu in the eighteenth century and a member of a prominent merchant family. In this oil portrait, painted when he was eighty-five years old, he is depicted…
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Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire
(Corfu, Greece)
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1735
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Johannes Buxtorf
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Basel, Swiss Confederacy
(Basel, Switzerland)
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1661