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Written today, the 13th of the month of Adar 5653 (March 1, 1893), and addressed by us, the poor and downtrodden members of the community of Urumia, may God protect it, with a thousand greetings and…
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The Jewish Community of Urmiya
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Urumia, Sublime State of Iran (Urmia, Iran)
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1894
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[This testimony was] given by rape victim Rivke Shif. She is the wife of Shabse Shif, a shoemaker specializing in shoe uppers. (He lived at 11…
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Chaim Nahman Bialik
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Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)
Date:
1903
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There were other inimical forces, too, besides the police and the Enemy, more uncanny and less palpable forces. When I dragged behind the nursemaid who held my younger brother by the hand…
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Georg Brandes
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Date:
1905
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This was the psychological state we were in when the war arrived. The war was not a political issue for us. We were thinking neither about the question of war guilt nor about a victorious outcome; we…
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Ernst Simon
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German Empire (Germany, Germany)
Date:
1919
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The great controversy in Bohemia surrounding the language legislation shows Austrian Jews in a strange position. They go along loyally with those who only yesterday had been their fiercest enemies—and…
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Theodor Herzl
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1897
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I would like to say that this meeting is a meeting of the members of the Executive Committee and of the Advisory Council of the Kehillah. It is not a meeting that is open to the public or to the press…
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Judah L. Magnes
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1914
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Anyone who says that our Hebrew literature has developed, expanded, and been enriched over the past few years either errs or misleads. Or, perhaps, they demand very little from literature in general…
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Reuven Brainin
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1894
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Thus spoke David, son of Isaac, son of Eliezer, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Menahem, son of Isaac, son of Obadiah, son of Isaac—known as “the wealthy one”—son of Elijah, known as “the holy…
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David de Pomis
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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1587
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On the 4th of Sivan 5315 [June 3, 1555], after the death of Pope Marcellus [of] La Marche, whose name will be well remembered, though he reigned only twenty-three days, he gave great redemption to…
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Benjamin Nehemiah ben Elnatan
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Civitanova, Papal States (Civitanova Marche, Italy)
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1559–1562
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Before the war Bloyne was a rich and elegant Jewish town: wide streets, a large municipal park, several monuments, many tall buildings, large stores. But when the war came through, the town was…
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Sh. An-ski
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1920