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Simon Dubnow's Vilna, Poland

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outside of Israel. Zionists argued the Jewish population should create a home in Palestine and return to speaking Hebrew, their national language. In Vilna, Poland 1936, anti-territorialist, Jewish exile and diaspora patriot, Simon Dubnow speaks about “hereness.” He describes this phrase as Jewish life and history, focusing on how their lives remain in Poland. Other states prohibited Jewish people from immigrating into their countries. Individuals fled to neighboring cities and left their hometowns for practically, they had nothing. One woman discusses the difficulty faced in her previous city and accounts life in Cracow, Poland in 1935. Despite being less religious than her family, she discusses how Jewish individuals attempted to maintain

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