The Affirmation of the Diaspora

Simon Dubnow

1909

We all recognize the tragic aspects of the Diaspora and we cannot hope to achieve in the Diaspora as full and complete national-cultural development as is possible for a nation living in its own independent state. And although we have no hope that such a state can be established in the land of Israel, we trust nevertheless that an autonomous Jewish…

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