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That is how it is with the Jews. They shed many a tear for the past. That they fared better under liberalism does not guarantee the justice of the latter. Even the French Revolution, which helped the…
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Max Horkheimer
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1939
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The Nuremberg judgment only partly relieved the world’s moral tensions. Punishing the German war criminals created the feeling that, in international life as in civil society, crime should not be…
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Raphael Lemkin
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New York, United States of America
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1959
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7 September 1787
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With leave and submission I address myself to those in whom there is wisdom and understanding and knowledge, they are the honourable personages appointed and Made overseers of a…
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Jonas Phillips
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Philadelphia, United States of America
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1787
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We will admit, that, during the ages of superstition and darkness, silence was often imposed upon us by the terrors of…
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Isaac Leeser
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1839
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Jonathan Borofsky
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1984
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Is the Jewish tradition inherently liberal or inherently conservative? The answer to this much-debated question is quite simple: yes.
Which is to say that if by “the Jewish tradition” we mean what is…
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Leonard Fein
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Boston, United States of America
Date:
1995
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It is standard fare at Zionist assemblies to declare that Israel belongs to all Jews, wherever they live. As a ritual to be trotted out on Sabbaths and festivals (and the atmosphere at Zionist…
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Menachem Brinker
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New York City, United States of America
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1985
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A gigantic queue in front of the American Embassy building. Today the 36,124th person has already been entered on the waiting list. The majority are Muscovites, but many have come from other cities…
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Arthur Hertzberg
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Berkeley, United States of America
Date:
1988
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In the political drama playing on Israeli television, American Jews are shown as largely supporting Israel’s hard line. During Yitzhak Shamir’s visit to the United States in March, he addressed two…
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Arthur Hertzberg
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New York, United States of America
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1988
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Thank you, Chief Justice. Mr. President, distinguished guests, colleagues, and friends. Not yet two months ago, President Clinton announced his intention to nominate me as Associate Justice of the…
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Washington, United States of America
Date:
1993