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Those who are engrossed by the Jewish problem and strive to resolve it approach it from the most various points of view, save that which alone would be logical—I mean the Jewish point of view.
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Bernard Lazare
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Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
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1898
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I have noticed the change of the word “Oriental” to “Sephardi” in the masthead of the latest issue of the journal [La Amerika], “Organ of the Judeo-Sephardi (and no longer Oriental) Colony of America…
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Ben-Sion Behar
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1915
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When the engagement of two parties occurs, many Jews are invited, young and old, and they gather in a big room and each of the young Jews has a new…
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Johannes Buxtorf, Johannes Buxtorf
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Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy (Basel, Switzerland)
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1603
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We the undersigned have taken it upon ourselves to be in one society, to serve the Lord, may He be blessed, and to busy ourselves with His Torah day and night, in accordance with that which our…
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Students of Isaac Luria
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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1575
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The character of a people, as of an individual, cannot be grasped in its totality. It is recognized by us exclusively in that unfoldment and development in time which we call…
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Hans Kohn
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London, United Kingdom
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1924
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[ . . . ] That sacred foundation, which constitutes the main theme of all this great vision, contains within it a hidden ray of the light of the Messiah, the redeemer who is revealed and concealed…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1929
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To assess as commendable the courageous and spectacular life-saving mission implemented recently by Israeli commandos in Uganda would be to understate the case badly. The matchless daring and…
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Albert S. Axelrad
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Waltham, United States of America
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1976
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All discussions pertaining to the Jews must begin with some very gloomy observations. The Jews are, everywhere, a minority group, and it is a particular misfortune these days to be a minority group in…
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Isaac Rosenfeld
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1944
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If we Jews had our patron saints, the priest-prophet Ezekiel would be the patron saint of those of us who are vitally concerned in the outcome of the present crisis in…
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Mordecai M. Kaplan
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New York, United States of America
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1948
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Schwerin, 18 May 1772
15 Iyar 5532 to the Jewish counting
To the man possessed of abundant dominion, wisdom, and understanding, renowned for his knowledge, whose name is spoken of in the far-flung…
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Rabbis of Schwerin
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Schwerin, Kingdom of Prussia (Schwerin, Germany)
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1772