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I would like to say that this meeting is a meeting of the members of the Executive Committee and of the Advisory Council of the Kehillah. It is not a meeting that is open to the public or to the press…
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Judah L. Magnes
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1914
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The whole city was talking about Regina’s wedding. I should tell you first that Regina is one of our former students. People were saying, “Yes, Regina is à la franca” (the expression means “European…
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Djamilé Douec
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1903
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We want to make ourselves strong for our people and the cities of our God, and to raise the banner of Torah which had been thrown to the ground and trodden down.
Behold, this people of God is a…
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Jacob Berab
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1538
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The vast majority of London’s Jews live in the northern suburbs. In the 1990s, the borough of Barnet in the northwest emerged as one of the largest Jewish areas. Redbridge, east of London, is the…
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Toni L. Kamins
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
2000
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Where shall I start? My thoughts are in turmoil. There is an overpowering desire burning in me to put in writing as speedily as possible all that has happened to us in these years of war, especially…
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Stanislaw Adler
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Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1943
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Finding something to say about Westerbork is also difficult because of its ambiguous character. On the one hand it is a stable community in the making, a forced one to be sure, yet with all the…
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Etty Hillesum
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1943
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A round number. At first glance it looks silly and seems to have no specific meaning. A detached number such as this can be likened to those gray people who go through life alone and die without…
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Yehoshua Perle
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Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1942
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On the third morning, as soon as I was alone, I found the way to the mellah [in Marrakesh]. I came to an intersection where many Jews were standing around. Traffic was streaming past them and around a…
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Elias Canetti
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1968
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In attempting this psychological presentation and a psychopathological explanation of the typical characteristics of a concentration camp inmate, I may give the impression that the human being is…
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Viktor E. Frankl
Places:
Vienna, Allied-occupied Austria (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1946
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After an absence of many years, I returned to Alsace in November 1856, in response to the invitation of an old friend. During this first and short visit, I was greatly moved in recovering all the…
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Auguste Widal (Daniel Stauben)
Places:
French Republic (Alsace, France)
Date:
1849–1853