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The tale of the Generation of the Land is a sad tale. Reflecting about the source of the depression that the situation in Israel instills in me, I can only ascribe it to expressions of ethnocentric…
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Dan Horowitz
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1993
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On a turquoise sea sails a ship. A sharp-eyed gull flies around the mast, swooping down from time to time to see what is happening on the ship, in all its decks. The boat has three decks and a bridge…
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Lova Eliav
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1973
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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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Saul [upon returning from smiting the Amalekites]. Jonathan and his other sons.
Saul:
My fury still burns within my heart like a flame of fire!
Even after I have smitten him, I have found no…
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Joseph Ha-Efrati
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Vienna, Austrian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1826
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In 1827, Tsar Nicholas I issued a statute that effectively made Russian Jews liable to military service, as part of a policy that sought to transform the Jewish population into integrated subjects who…
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Artist Unknown
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Shkudy, Russian Empire (Skuodas, Lithuania)
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1864–1867
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Gilad Ophir
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1997
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It is not enough to see a statue. A statue has to be sensed with the fingertips. In our imagination we touch the statue, caress it, examine its rounded and hollow surfaces, and by doing so our sense…
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Ḥaim Gamzu
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1957
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The war broke out in its full might; it was a matter of life and death. The nation was expending all of its energies. The wondrous accomplishments of Israel’s heroes had been for naught. Jerusalem was…
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Rachel Yanait
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1909
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[ . . . ] Got together with Werner this afternoon; he wants me to become active in the [Social Democratic] party. Had a discussion about historical materialism that was quite interesting to me. [ . .…
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Gershom Scholem
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1915
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The purpose of this article is to warn of the danger of war between Jews and Arabs, and to offer an alternative based upon a reasonable compromise. The uncompromising who believe that this collision…
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Judah L. Magnes
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1943