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They became steady friends and lovers. Better friends than lovers. She adored kissing and touching him; she adored his physical nearness. Her ultimate inhibitions were never quite broken…
Contributor:
Ludwig Lewisohn
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Paris, French Third Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1928
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Every single nation, if it wishes to place its foot on the threshold of the family of nations on the earth, must prepare a constitution for itself stating its integrity, and to bring with it the book…
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Yitsḥak Bernfeld
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Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1881
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The Jewish question may be resolved through a new philosophical synthesis and a true reform of moral and religious life for Jews and Christians alike. Just as we must admit that we need reforms across…
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Viktor Vohryzek
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Pardubice, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Pardubice, Czech Republic)
Date:
1904
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“Before and After the Reform.” Cartoon from Der schlemiel: Illustriertes jüdisches Blatt für Humor und Satire lampooning the transformation of a Hasidic Jew into a Reformed Jew.
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Max Jungmann
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1905
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At the Realschule fathers and mothers were lined up in single file in the director’s room. Parents who took the occasion very seriously appeared in couples with their young hopefuls. The director…
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Lajos Hatvany
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Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1927
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Something is wrong between me and the story I want to write. Whatever subject I touch on, after five or four, sometimes even two pages, either the story throws me out or I throw myself out. As if I…
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Monika Maron
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
1999
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As you were contained in
Or embodied by
Louise Schlossman
When she was a sophomore
At Walnut Hills
High School
In Cincinnati, Ohio,
I salute you
And thank you
For the fact
That she received
My kisses…
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Kenneth Koch
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
2001
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When Max Liebermann first exhibited this painting, it caused not only a sensation but a scandal. Some critics objected to a Jew daring to depict Jesus, and they were offended by Liebermann’s realistic…
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Max Liebermann
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Munich, German Empire (Munich, Germany)
Date:
1879
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There are contradictions and ambivalences in our celebrating Thanksgiving. We are recent Americans. It wasn’t the Mayflower that brought our people over here. We know too much about what the coming of…
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Anne Roiphe
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1981
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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