О польскомъ и еврейскомъ вопросахъ

An excerpt from an open letter addressed to N.K. Rennenkampf (1832-1899), published previously. In 1897 Rennenkampf wrote a series of open letters on the "Polish and Jewish questions" published in the "Kiyevlyanin" newspaper. He claimed that the Jews were a people that had degenerated since the biblical period, and that their emancipation in Russia can only be a very slow and gradual process because of the many dangers that the Jews pose for host countries. Argues against Rennenkampf, stating that the Jews remained essentially the same as they had been in the biblical period and that Christianity is indebted to them. The "Jewish question" is no more complicated than the "Polish question", and there is no justification for depriving any people living in the Russian Empire of its civil rights. Argues for immediate emancipation rather than a gradual process. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)