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“To be of the eternal, you must be of the earth.”

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I. L. Peretz, born on May 18, 1852, and died on April 3, 1915, was a prominent Jewish author. Known for his humorous and satirical style, his works deeply depicted Jewish life and had a profound impact on Jewish literature. more

“The Hebrew language... is the only glue which holds together our scattered bones. It also holds together the rings in the chain of time.... It binds us to those who built pyramids, to those who shed their blood on the ramparts of Jerusalem, and to those who, at the burning stakes, cried Shema Yisrael!”

Together Language Blood Built Bones Rings Chains Burning Stakes Cried Shed Pyramids Jerusalem Hebrew Glue Hebrew Language

Author:I. L. Peretz

“A people's memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.”

People Men Grows Memories Wiser

Author:I. L. Peretz

“[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole.... Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive to all the newest humanitarian ideas; and our sympathy goes out to all the unfortunate, all the oppressed.”

Heart Ideas Whole Mankind Jew Humanitarian Sheer Unfortunate Oppressed Egotism Receptive Sponges

Author:I. L. Peretz

“[About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish to be true to ourselves, the vital questions are: conscience, freedom, culture, ethics.”

Ifs Problem Culture Strong Nations Wish Ethics Conscience Army Jew Boundaries Being True Extensions Crops Colony

Author:I. L. Peretz

“[About Jews] By nature we are like all other human beings, yet our people is unlike others, because our life is different, our history is different, our teacher is the Exile.”

People Humans Different Life Is Human Beings Teacher Our Lives Jew Exile

Author:I. L. Peretz

“At the Throne of Glory it is not the nobly-born that are beloved, but the nobly-risen.”

Born Glory Beloved Thrones Risen

Author:I. L. Peretz

“Prayer sometimes dulls the hunger of the pauper, like a mother's finger thrust into the mouth of her starving baby.”

Sometimes Mother Prayer Baby Mouths Fingers Hunger Starving Thrust Like A Mother

Author:I. L. Peretz

“In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"!”

Might Hate Force Thirds Greed Protest Exile Physical Force Might Makes Right

Author:I. L. Peretz

“It is not only individuals peoples too cannot live merely for themselves. The whole world must be redeemed.”

World Whole Individual Whole World Redeemed

Author:I. L. Peretz

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