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Whatever happened to me on that day seemed to urge me to muster up all my courage and hope. When the ship approached the harbor of Jaffa, many people were there to meet us…
Contributor:
Berl Katznelson
Places:
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1941
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The Secretary
Zionist Organisation
London
Baghdad, 8th September 1922
Dear Sir,
I have the pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th July 1922. It is needless to say that I greatly…
Contributor:
Menahem Salih Daniel
Places:
Baghdad, British Mandate Iraq
(Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1922
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The renaissance of the Maccabean festival, which began with the onset of modern nationalism, signified a great revolution in Jewish thinking. The Jew aspired to leave behind the unworthy life of exile…
Contributor:
Robert Weltsch
Places:
Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1925
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Jimmy’s body was taken to Har Tuv, where the doctor confirmed his death, and from Har Tuv it was taken to the morgue in the hospital in the convent of Abu Gosh. He lay there, covered with a gray…
Contributor:
Menahem Shemi
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1952
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In late November 1947, in what had once been a quiet suburb of Jerusalem, I first heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls. I was at the time Chief of Operations of Haganah, the Jewish underground self-defence…
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Yigael Yadin
Places:
New York City, United States of America
(Israel)
Date:
1957
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Tiberias, March 7, 1909To the Very Honorable Miss Szold,I am certain that you will be surprised that after a year and a half of silence I am suddenly taking up our correspondence with this long letter…
Contributor:
Manya Wilbushewitz Shoḥat
Places:
Tiberias, Ottoman Palestine
(Tabarīya, Israel)
Date:
1909
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At five o’clock in the morning our commanders stormed into the dormitories to wake us. No morning gymnastics. We are in a high state of alert. Our comrades who were on night duty report…
Contributor:
Uri Avnery
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1948