Quote:
So the Jew is a dead man to the living, a stranger to the natives, a vagabond for the natives, a beggar for the haves, an exploiter and millionaire for the poor, a patriot for the patriot, a competitor hated for all classes.
Source:
Leon Pinsker, "Autoemancipation!", Berlin 1882, 13
Author Bio:
Poland, Leon Pinsker (1821-1891)
Pinsker was born in a small town in what is now Poland, the son of an orientalist.
Context:
Pinsker gave up his desire to pursue a career as a lawyer due to the restrictions on admission for Jews to universities. This experience, as well as the impressions of the pogroms that flared up at the end of the 19th century, led him from his former assimilationist attitude to a Zionist position, which he described in his book “Autoemancipation! - Reminder to the tribal comrades "formulated. Today the work is considered to be one of the most important early Zionist writings.
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Year:
1882