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A. Leopold,
It would appear from your letter that you do not believe that art is a factor in civilization and progress. You are not the only one. One might agree with you that up to now no statue or…
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Sh. Yanovsky
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New York, United States of America
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1906
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This is an age of progress; and, surrounded as we are to-day by every evidence of the astounding advance that the nineteenth century has carried with in its train, I feel that I am flinging down a…
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Julia Richman
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New York, United States of America
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1893
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The Modern Age is the Jewish Age, and the twentieth century, in particular, is the Jewish Century. Modernization is about everyone becoming urban, mobile, literate, articulate, intellectually…
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Yuri Slezkine
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Berkeley, United States of America
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2004
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Isidore Busatt
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New York, United States of America
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1912
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At the present moment there are from New York City and suburbs two women students at Cornell, four at Bryn Mawr, thirteen at Smith, seventeen at Vassar (besides fifteen in preparation for it) and…
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Annie Nathan Meyer
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New York, United States of America
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1888
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Mrs. Frederick Nathan returned to New York last week after a summer spent in the various capitals of Europe, where she attended numerous congresses and met the leaders of the European feminist…
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Maud Nathan
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New York, United States of America
Boston, United States
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1913
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[One] of the most evident features of New York photography has so far not been addressed by writers: the fact that, in every account, the great majority of the photographers concerned were or are Jews…
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Max Kozloff
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New York, United States of America
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2002
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Esteemed editor:
Permit me to say a couple of words about the educational work of the Arbeter Ring.
I think that the work, as now conducted, is wasted. As far as the Arbeter Ring’s courses go there…
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B. Sheyfer
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Buffalo, United States of America
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1918
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As Yiddish poetry grew more modern, even modernistic, as it grew freer in rhythm, subtler in tonality, more artful and sophisticated in imagery, it also grew more Jewish—I was almost going to say more…
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Abraham Tabachnik
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New York, United States of America
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1950
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The Jewish community as a whole is a unique blend of kinship and consent. […] The fact that Jews are born Jewish places them in a special position to begin with, one that more often than not has…
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Daniel J. Elazar
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1976