Annotated Bibliography
Stefano, George D. "Plant: The Pink Triangle. Williams: The Spirit and the Flesh. Gay Histories." The Nation 31 Jan. 1987: 123-124. Web. 10 Mar. 2016.
THE PINK TRIANGLE: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals. By Richard Plant. Henry Holt and Company. 257 pp. $19.95. THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture. By Walter L. Williams. Beacon. 344 pp. $21.95. Last September the Holocaust Memorial Council, created by congress in 1980. held its first annual day of remembrance for the thousands of gypsies murdered during the Third Reich. No such commemoration has been accorded to another group of Hitler's victims: the homosexual men who were arrested, imprisoned and killed between 1933 and 1945. Some …show more content…
After he sacked Jerusalem and looted the Second Jewish Temple in 70 A.D., he built an eponymous arch in Rome to commemorate his triumph. Even now, the structure depicts, in meticulous relief, the temple's spoils being carried through the streets of Rome. The most prominent of the treasures is still seen clearly as a menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum with which the Jewish people are identified to this day.
A golden menorah, built according to God's exacting specifications, was kept in the tabernacle during the 40 years the children of Israel spent in the desert wilderness. High priests kindled a menorah every night in the inner sanctums of both the First and Second Temples. Today, it is used as a logo by dozens of Jewish organizations, schools and synagogues. It is also Israel's official state emblem, appearing on currency and government correspondence.
Shapes and sizes vary, but the ancient symbol's power of association with Judaism is, perhaps, second only to that of the Star of David.
So it's little wonder that Jewish ire has been raised by the successful attempt by a Jews for Jesus-type group, Chosen People Ministries (CPM), to register a stylized menorah as a legally protected mark of its …show more content…
Gutenplan, Is a Holocaust Skeptic Fit to Be a Historian, in The New York Times, June 26, 1999, p. B9.
(n3.) Deborah Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (New York: The Free Press: A Division of Macmillan, Inc., 1993), p. 161.
(n4.) Sarah Lyall, London Trial Opens Dispute on Rewriting the Holocaust, in The New York Times, January 12, 2000, p. A7.
Pelaia, Ariela. "What is the Star of David in Judaism?" About Religion. Ariela Pelaia, 1 Mar. 2016. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.
There are many ideas about the symbolic meaning of the Star of David. Some Kabbalists thought that the six points represented God's absolute rule over the universe in all six directions: north, south, east, west, up, and down. Kabbalists also believed that the two triangles represented humanity’s dual nature – good and evil – and that the star could be used as protection against evil spirits.
The structure of the star, with two overlapping triangles, has also been thought to represent the relationship between God and the Jewish people. The star that points up symbolizes God, and the star that points down represents Jews on Earth. (paragraphs
Stefano, George D. "Plant: The Pink Triangle. Williams: The Spirit and the Flesh. Gay Histories." The Nation 31 Jan. 1987: 123-124. Web. 10 Mar. 2016.
THE PINK TRIANGLE: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals. By Richard Plant. Henry Holt and Company. 257 pp. $19.95. THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture. By Walter L. Williams. Beacon. 344 pp. $21.95. Last September the Holocaust Memorial Council, created by congress in 1980. held its first annual day of remembrance for the thousands of gypsies murdered during the Third Reich. No such commemoration has been accorded to another group of Hitler's victims: the homosexual men who were arrested, imprisoned and killed between 1933 and 1945. Some …show more content…
After he sacked Jerusalem and looted the Second Jewish Temple in 70 A.D., he built an eponymous arch in Rome to commemorate his triumph. Even now, the structure depicts, in meticulous relief, the temple's spoils being carried through the streets of Rome. The most prominent of the treasures is still seen clearly as a menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum with which the Jewish people are identified to this day.
A golden menorah, built according to God's exacting specifications, was kept in the tabernacle during the 40 years the children of Israel spent in the desert wilderness. High priests kindled a menorah every night in the inner sanctums of both the First and Second Temples. Today, it is used as a logo by dozens of Jewish organizations, schools and synagogues. It is also Israel's official state emblem, appearing on currency and government correspondence.
Shapes and sizes vary, but the ancient symbol's power of association with Judaism is, perhaps, second only to that of the Star of David.
So it's little wonder that Jewish ire has been raised by the successful attempt by a Jews for Jesus-type group, Chosen People Ministries (CPM), to register a stylized menorah as a legally protected mark of its …show more content…
Gutenplan, Is a Holocaust Skeptic Fit to Be a Historian, in The New York Times, June 26, 1999, p. B9.
(n3.) Deborah Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (New York: The Free Press: A Division of Macmillan, Inc., 1993), p. 161.
(n4.) Sarah Lyall, London Trial Opens Dispute on Rewriting the Holocaust, in The New York Times, January 12, 2000, p. A7.
Pelaia, Ariela. "What is the Star of David in Judaism?" About Religion. Ariela Pelaia, 1 Mar. 2016. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.
There are many ideas about the symbolic meaning of the Star of David. Some Kabbalists thought that the six points represented God's absolute rule over the universe in all six directions: north, south, east, west, up, and down. Kabbalists also believed that the two triangles represented humanity’s dual nature – good and evil – and that the star could be used as protection against evil spirits.
The structure of the star, with two overlapping triangles, has also been thought to represent the relationship between God and the Jewish people. The star that points up symbolizes God, and the star that points down represents Jews on Earth. (paragraphs