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[ . . . ] If against the assimilationist the American spirit affirms the right to be different, against the segregationist it affirms the right of free association of the different with one another…
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Horace M. Kallen
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1942
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I just can’t. Should I? I feel like going in, but I just can’t; I remain stationary. The church door opens and closes, continually, and I open and close with it, split asunder. Warmth escapes from…
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Alberto Dines
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date:
1972
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5323 [1562]: King Maximilian, may he be exalted, came here, to Prague, on Monday the 6th of Tishri [5 September], and he was crowned on Hoshanah Rabba [the last day of Sukkot—20 September]. In that…
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Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
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ca. 1615
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When a borrower is asked to pay usury or interest, they frequently use this…
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Abraham Farissol
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Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
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ca. 1520
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The Breavmans founded and presided over most of the institutions which make the Montreal Jewish community one of the most powerful in the world today.
The joke around the city is: The Jews are the…
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Leonard Cohen
Places:
Hydra, Greece
Date:
1963
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The theater troupe at the Saidye Bronfman Centre decided to practice a bit of outreach to the city’s French Canadian majority by staging a play by the Québécois dramatist Michel Tremblay. It wouldn’t…
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Alan M. Tigay
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Northvale, United States of America
Date:
1993
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Jewish identity in the preemancipation period assumed essentially one of two forms—religion or communalism. Each in its own way was a break with tradition. Each was predicated on acceptance of the…
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Charles S. Liebman
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Ramat Gan, Israel
Date:
1973
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“Act dumb,” Otilia advised me. “Change the subject.” To help me understand what she meant, she illustrated by relating a conversation she had had with a neighbor. It was December, when a great deal of…
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Alicia Steimberg
Places:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1971