Through the Zionist movement, the Jewish people transformed themselves from a passive, marginalized people into a collective unit that was able to fight for a homeland and create the modern life possible in Jerusalem and Israel. When thinking about the Jewish people and their history, the roots of their religion, the destruction of the epicenter of their very religion, and the Temple Mount, it is imperative that we recognize the multiple forced removals from their homeland and city of Jerusalem, because these are all absolutely key to understanding the Jewish identity. These events and the city of Jerusalem can be used as a perspective of who the Jewish people were and how they could be defined as a unrepresented whole before the Zionist movement.
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For the Jewish people unlike Christians or Muslims, the afterlife is not talked about in great detail as a second life, or a place in a heaven or hell. There is a firm belief that death is not the end of human existence, but the religious beliefs leave a great deal of room for personal opinion on the subject. But for this very reason the Jewish people do not have an emphasis on saving others whose personal religious beliefs do not align with their own. That’s why we can look back in history and see that there was no movement similar to Zionism, one that established a stake and a claim for a people with the right ideas or the correct belief in God. Because Zionism was established in a way that allowed for variation in religious belief but represented a people as a whole. This is also why when looking back through the history books there were no religious crusades led by the Jewish people to retake or gain access to holy places in and near Jerusalem unlike the Islamic conquest or Roman Catholic Church. Despite the fact that Jerusalem was so holy in the eyes and minds of the Jewish people, for the Jewish people to organize themselves in such a way that they could become an overwhelming force to be reckoned with was not …show more content…
“Jerusalem is part of the Jewish people in the same way that the heart is part of the human body. It is not merely an organ that keeps the body functioning. Without it there would be no life.” The religion itself has deep roots in the city of Jerusalem and in some ways the Jewish people have always been present. In many ways the Jewish people lacked the means of holding on to this Holy City and making it their own, that is until Zionism. The Temple Mount being the epicenter for Judaism and the city itself the home for the Jewish people, we know that the Temple Mount and Jerusalem are also known for a grand prediction made by Jesus. “Jesus left the Temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the Temple. But he answered them, “you see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age? (Matthew 24:1-3) This being a pivotal point within the Jewish religion itself because it validates the destruction of the Temple, In many ways this was necessary to the very existence of the Judaic religion. Yet it is also something I see as the very definition of what will later define the Jewish people and the role of
For the Jewish people unlike Christians or Muslims, the afterlife is not talked about in great detail as a second life, or a place in a heaven or hell. There is a firm belief that death is not the end of human existence, but the religious beliefs leave a great deal of room for personal opinion on the subject. But for this very reason the Jewish people do not have an emphasis on saving others whose personal religious beliefs do not align with their own. That’s why we can look back in history and see that there was no movement similar to Zionism, one that established a stake and a claim for a people with the right ideas or the correct belief in God. Because Zionism was established in a way that allowed for variation in religious belief but represented a people as a whole. This is also why when looking back through the history books there were no religious crusades led by the Jewish people to retake or gain access to holy places in and near Jerusalem unlike the Islamic conquest or Roman Catholic Church. Despite the fact that Jerusalem was so holy in the eyes and minds of the Jewish people, for the Jewish people to organize themselves in such a way that they could become an overwhelming force to be reckoned with was not …show more content…
“Jerusalem is part of the Jewish people in the same way that the heart is part of the human body. It is not merely an organ that keeps the body functioning. Without it there would be no life.” The religion itself has deep roots in the city of Jerusalem and in some ways the Jewish people have always been present. In many ways the Jewish people lacked the means of holding on to this Holy City and making it their own, that is until Zionism. The Temple Mount being the epicenter for Judaism and the city itself the home for the Jewish people, we know that the Temple Mount and Jerusalem are also known for a grand prediction made by Jesus. “Jesus left the Temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the Temple. But he answered them, “you see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.” As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age? (Matthew 24:1-3) This being a pivotal point within the Jewish religion itself because it validates the destruction of the Temple, In many ways this was necessary to the very existence of the Judaic religion. Yet it is also something I see as the very definition of what will later define the Jewish people and the role of