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Once again, following our custom of addressing readers [of the weekly journal Jutrzenka (Dawn), April 3, 1863] in view of the upcoming celebrations, we open the book of books, our holy Torah, in order…
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Daniel Neufeld
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Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1863
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Permit me to preface the necessary information about the contents and the meaning of the book which is herewith presented to my readers with a few remarks about Jewish…
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Leopold Zunz
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1832
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This is the eighteen-hundred-year era of the diaspora, of unprecedented suffering, of uninterrupted martyrdom without parallel in world history. But it is also a period of spiritual alertness, of…
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Heinrich Graetz
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Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
(Wrocław, Poland)
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1846
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There are facts of such an overwhelming power that even the most stubborn opinion must yield to them. Such a fact is the origin of Judaism in the midst of rude surroundings, like a vigorous…
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Abraham Geiger
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Frankfort, German Confederation
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia
(Wrocław, Poland)
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1864
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Admittedly, it is true that all our hearts will be filled with feelings of astonishment when we recall the giant steps that the new generation has taken upon the peaks of the sciences and forms of…
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Abraham Harkavy
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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1864
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A major issue within the internal politics of the Russian government concerns the Russification of populations in our remote regions who follow different religions and are of other ethnic backgrounds…
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Ilya Orshanski
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Odessa, Russian Empire
(Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1877
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By emphasizing religious activity, Judaism is completely tied to life and becomes the property of every individual Jew. A religion of pure ideas belongs primarily to the theologians; the masses who…
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Zechariah Fraenkel
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Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
(Dresden, Germany)
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1845
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The term “past image” is used by different scholars in different ways, and it remains general and obscure because it refers to a structure derived from a bank of naturally amorphous reserves, seen by…
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Zohar Shavit
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1999
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A British Holocaust denier accused Professor Deborah Lipstadt of libel under British law. Many were surprised that Lipstadt decided to go to court. Lipstadt explains what was at stake in her decision.
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Deborah E. Lipstadt
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Atlanta, United States of America
Date:
2005