Showing Results 1 - 6 of 6
Public Access
Text
We live in a time of a universal striving for science and civilization, and the spirit of the time warms the hearts of everyone alike with its breath. It permeates the depths of the soul and reason…
Contributor:
Israel Leon Grosglik
Places:
Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1869
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
In 1867, starting in Austria, the idea of equality made its way into normal constitutional life in Galicia. This wasn’t an easy thing to accomplish, due to prejudices that had been cultivated over…
Contributor:
Meir Balaban
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1931
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
They [the hasidim] study Kabbalah and Talmud diligently and successfully, and consequently they have among them excellent Talmud scholars. They also comprise three groups, each of them under one chief…
Contributor:
Bonaventura Mayer
Places:
Regensburg, German Confederation
(Regensburg, Germany)
Date:
1842
Subjects:
Categories:
Public Access
Text
Besides these, there are students of outstanding ability in their Torah study seated constantly in his presence—they are swifter than eagles and mightier than lions, each…
Contributor:
Ezekiel Paneth
Places:
Date:
1805
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
This book was submitted for publication two years ago.Considering that within the realm of Jewish history in nineteenth-century Russia there is no systematically consolidated…
Contributor:
Yisroel Sosis
Places:
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR
(Minsk, Belarus)
Date:
1929
Subjects:
Categories:
Restricted
Text
The man was a ferment of intelligence and emotion. He could not grow accustomed to the conventional life of the common herd. He thought differently from all the others and disliked collective thinking…
Contributor:
Shloyme Bikl
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1943