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On page 101, reference is made to the history of the Jews in this State. Since that part of the work was printed, M. M. Noah, Esquire, of New-York, has kindly favoured us with the following additional…
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Mordecai Manuel Noah
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New York City, United States of America
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1849
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Having risen from behind the Judean hills late at night, the moon illuminated the Yemenite neighborhood and the nearby bushland; it played a magical game there between the trees. It hid behind them…
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Neḥamah Pukhachewsky
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Rishon Lezion, Ottoman Palestine
(Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel)
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1911
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“Is the Bene-Israel in India a pure Jew by descent” is the question often asked and discussed. There has been considerable literature on the subject especially by aliens, even such as can claim little…
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Jacob Bapuji Israel
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Bombay, British India
(Mumbai, India)
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1918
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What the Zionist Organization has to aim at is to lay down in Palestine as soon as possible a populous and thriving agrarian foundation, in order to build up…
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Franz Oppenheimer
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New York, United States
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1914
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Jewish statistics began 3,000 years ago. But for the first time since the dispersion of the Jewish people an organization has been formed in their midst that has set itself the goal to produce a…
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Alfred Nossig
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1903
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Vera [Agitated, coming nearer]:Irony, Mr. Quixano? Please, please, do not imagine there is any irony in my congratulations.David:The irony is in all the congratulations. How can I endure them when I…
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Israel Zangwill
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(London, United Kingdom)
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1908
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We shall now sum up the different opinions as regards the arrival of the Jews on Chinese soil.The missionaries reported that the Jews believe, according to a tradition, that their ancestors came to…
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Adolph Neubauer
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(Oxford, United Kingdom)
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1895
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This Sixth Part is the last part of the “First Period” of Jewish history, which we have called “Israel in its Land.” Part Seven, which follows, will be the first part of…
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Ze’ev Yavetz
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Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
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1902
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When, in 1492, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon expelled believers in the unity of God, those very same Catholic rulers simultaneously financed Columbus’s discovery of the New…
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Francisco Rivas Puigcerver
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Mexico City, Mexico
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1889
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The pages of the book you are now holding in your hand have been soaked in blood and tears. Every word you are reading is a Jewish sigh; every letter is a groan, an akh, a sound of moaning from its…
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Mordechai Alpersohn
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1911