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There is no room for Ghetto Judaism in America. Look at any of the creeds and churches in our free land! They are all more tolerant, more liberal, more humane and sympathetic in their mutual relations…
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Kaufmann Kohler
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1911
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[ . . . ] In the summer of 1903 I traveled to Russia, where I was to meet with the heads of the socialist revolutionary groups in various cities in south Russia and on the Volga…
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Menahem Mendel Rosenbaum
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1921–1924
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Oh shit. Everything has abruptly gone dark, I am feeling strange and cannot see anything. The beach, I am going to the beach, I packed a frosty beer for after my run, something is wrong. Oh shit, I…
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Albie Sachs
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1990
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This is perhaps the grimmest, and surely the holiest task we have faced since D-Day. Here before us lie the bodies of…
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Roland Gittelsohn
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Iwo Jima, Japan
Date:
1945
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But I want to go on recounting how the Prague movement developed, and what made the revolution, which brought so many impressive, great, and noble things to light everywhere, made everything in Prague…
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Moritz Hartmann
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Stuttgart, German Empire (Stuttgart, Germany)
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1874
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All this heavy misfortune persuaded Maximilian to think earnestly and independently about the problem of Mexico and his throne. I say independently and lay particular emphasis on the word because I…
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Samuel Siegfried Karl von Basch
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Leipzig, German Confederation (Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
1868
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Art, which gives men the means to persevere and cure some sicknesses, seems nowadays to depend on philosophy, which is that great and clear source that produces all that is luminous and useful. I am…
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Joseph Vita Castelli
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Livorno, Holy Roman Empire (Livorno, Italy)
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1774
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Deprived as we heretofore have been of the invaluable rights of free citizens, we now (with a deep sense of gratitude to the Almighty disposer of all events) behold a government erected by the Majesty…
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Moses Seixas
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Newport, United States of America
Date:
1790
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Jabotinsky, Vladimir Yevgenyevich
To the [Hebrew] University working committee in St. Petersburg
July 7, 1914
Dear Sirs,
1. J. C. T. transferred 500 Rubles to me on your behalf, the receipt of which…
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Vladimir Jabotinsky
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1914
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With the Grace of God, Sunday, [the week of parshat] Beshalaḥ 5658 [1898], Sighet
To my honorable friend, the famous sage, who is both rooted in the knowledge of [Torah from Mt.] Sinai and who uproots…
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Kedushas Yom Tov
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Sziget, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Szigetvár, Hungary)
Date:
1898