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After having arranged for fresh provisions and all kinds of refreshments, we set sail again, sailing away from land. Due to the wind’s silence, we proceeded into the sea without sailing, drifting for…
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Abraham Levie
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1750
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Moved by the fraternal love nourished in my…
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Moses Pereyra de Paiva
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Cochin, Kingdom of Cochin
(Ernakulam, India)
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1687
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On Tuesday afternoon prayers, when the cantor reaches Taḥanun [prayers of supplication], the groom walks to the door of the synagogue while the congregation recites Taḥanun, and…
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Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz, Georg Paul Nusbiegel, Judah Leib Kirchheim
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire
(Worms, Germany)
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ca. 1631
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The situation in Argentina is crying for change. If we don’t want the Jewish colonists to vanish into anonymous misery and oppression; if we don’t want the colonies…
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Leon Chasanowitch
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Lwow, Austro-HungarianEmpire
(Lviv, Ukraine)
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1910
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He is tall, strong, angular; his appearance as well as his speech give the impression of boldness and vigor. His voice is a high tenor ringing with mettle. And even in his quiet moments he resembles a…
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Moissaye Olgin
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1918
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1824 years from the Destruction. Issue no. 36
The rumor about military service for the Jews in our land comes in every European newspaper, in almost the same form as when we presented it in an…
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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
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1893
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It seemed to us that there would be a real interest, for the natives and Arabists alike, to have between their hands a collection of ghernata [Granada] poetry as complete as possible and methodically…
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Edmond-Nathan Yafil
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Algiers, French Protectorate of Algeria
(Algiers, Algeria)
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1904
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Speech delivered at the May meeting of agitators in Vilna in 1895.
Dear comrades!
Today, every group of the fighting proletariat has marked successes in its activities. It will be most appropriate to…
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Julius Martov
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1895
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(Continued from issue 76 [of Ha-Tsefira])The commandment of hospitality is well-developed in our city, and particularly in the mellah. But emissaries from the kollelim in the “Four Lands” stay with…
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Isaac Ibn Ya‘ish
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1891
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One of the causes of the failings in the lives of the young workers [in Palestine] is certainly the lack of family life. Here, too, there is room for observation. Here we have a phenomenon that is not…
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Aaron David Gordon
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(Israel, Israel)
Date:
1918