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Life is like a river;we are fish.The water’s wholesome and freshand we would swim forever,but for a black figureon the riverbank.There Satan stands,in his handsa fishing rod,and catches fish.With a…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1888 and 1908
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Brenner sinned. He went and published terrible heretical remarks, implying that the fundamental question is not the question of the Jewish religion, but the question of the place of productive work…
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David Ben-Gurion
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Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1911
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[ . . . ] I have striven to transmit exactly the course of thought, the spirit, and the expressions of the [original] text; thus, you have before you not a “reworking” but a true translation.I have…
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Max Weinreich
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1915
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It is not only Jews who have come out of the Ghetto: Judaism has come out, too. For Jews the exodus is confined to certain countries, and is due to toleration; but Judaism has come out (or is coming…
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Ahad Ha-Am
Places:
Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1898
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Brothers!
The slaughter and plunder in Kishinev, the likes of which have not descended upon us since the days of Chmielnicki and Gonta—command us to open our eyes and see our status in this country…
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Union of Jewish Writers (, Ben-Ami, Simon , Yehoshu‘a Ḥana , Chaim Nahman )
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Kishinev, Russian Empire (Chisinau, Moldova)
Date:
1903
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In order to live, men must produce. In order to produce, they must combine their efforts in a certain way. Man does not as an individual struggle with nature for existence. History knows man only as a…
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Ber Borochov
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Russian Empire (Ukraine, Ukraine)
Date:
1905
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We must not repeat the mistake made by western Jews . . . in denying their nationality and in assimilating completely in all areas of life except religion. . . . We eastern Jews have seen all the…
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Simon Dubnov
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1906
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Shmuel Niger
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1913
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June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]
Dear Sir:
Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the…
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Y. L. Peretz
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Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)
Date:
1888
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A new letter-writing guide containing many examples of various kinds of important letters written with great diligence, great sensitivity, and in the best style; these letters also include very nice…
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Hirsh Leon D’or
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1893