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Letters to Sholem Aleichem
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June 17, 1888 [June 29 in the Gregorian calendar]Dear Sir:Several days ago, I received an undated and terse postcard from one of my friends, a person close to me, H. Epstein, in which the following…

Contributor:

Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Zamość, Russian Empire (Zamość, Poland)

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Yiddish, Jewish identity, Education, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to Ha-Shaḥar on Reviving the Hebrew Language
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It is plain for all to see, sir, that our youth is abandoning our language—but why? Because in their eyes it is a dead and useless tongue. All our efforts to make them appreciate the importance of the…

Contributor:

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1880

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Jewish identity, Education, Antisemitism, Letters, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts