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Noted for Service, the Jewish woman, especially in America, faces her greatest opportunities.
It has always been the same story for her. Her home has been the circle from which she has radiated…
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Belle Moskowitz
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1917
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The library is an integral part of public education.—“Public Libraries.”
The library and the public school occupy the most important…
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Helene Sheinberg
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1913
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As soon as [Opotowski] came, he and the others were told that their chances of securing employment in a region where there are few Jews will be much better if they do not have such long beards. He and…
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Cyrus L. Sulzberger
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1907
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The voices of thousands of people floated to us on the quay. They were singing “Hatikvah,” the Hebrew hymn of hope. It was the song the Jews sang at every emergency and in every crisis. It was their…
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Ruth Gruber
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New York, United States of America
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1947
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I asked about a certain Russian poet. All good writers are poets to one extent or another, but that is a way of saying something. It is something else and clearer, to say that the poet is a very…
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Howard Fast
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New York, United States of America
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1957
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I was born and raised in Fuerth, a predominantly Protestant manufacturing city of Middle Franconia, with a large Jewish community consisting principally of artisans and tradesmen. The Jews formed…
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Jakob Wasserman
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Vienna, First Austrian Republic (Vienna, Austria)
Altaussee, Austria
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1921
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With regard to the life and fate of the remaining Jews, located at present in the Occupation Zones of Germany, you hear at every step the words: “sheyres hapleyte” [saving remnant], “sheyres hakhurbn”…
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H. Leivick
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1947
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America has, in less than one generation, become the second largest center of the Jewish Diaspora, and bids fair to become the first, instead of the second, within another generation. No other country…
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Israel Friedländer
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915
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The Readers Digest Magazine broke the American silence attending the massacre of the Jews in February, 1943. It printed my article called “Remember Us,” based on Dr. [Hayim] Greenberg’s data. Reading…
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Ben Hecht
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1954
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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 City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1918