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In every caste system the lower caste occupies a marginal position vis-à-vis the upper caste. The Jews were a marginal element to the Polish nobility. The margin was not isolated, for the Jews could…
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Aleksander Hertz
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Paris, Polish People’s Republic
(Poland)
Date:
1961
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How many Jews are there in Poland? This seems a simple and reasonable question, but the answer depends to a great degree on who is asking whom, when, and why. This should not be surprising: in Poland…
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Konstanty Gebert
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Oxford, United Kingdom
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1994
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Assimilation in our day has spoiled and distorted the essence of our festivals. It has turned Rosh Hashanah into a day of festivity filled with the sound of music and song. However, the first day of…
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Yehiel Yaakov Weinberg
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1937
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I prefer to speak of Poland and the Jews rather than Poles and Jews, the latter threatening to limit my freedom of movement within the present subject-matter. Poland and the Jews leaves ample room for…
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Stanisław Krajewski
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Kraków, Poland
Date:
2002
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Cast [in this passage]
Abraham Levi:Rich merchant
Aneta:Abraham Levi’s wife
Max, Yosef, and Aron:Abraham and Aneta Levi’s sons
Frida and Klerchen:Abraham and Aneta Levi’s daughters
Shmuel Natan:Zioni…
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Mordechai Monassowitz, Mordechai Monassowitz
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1902