Ashkenazi Jews

In this listening activity I chose to listen to the Palestine Lives!: Songs from the Struggle of the People of Palestine playlist that is under Israeli- Palestinian music. This collection was created in 1974. The first song was called Beladi (Motherland) by Al Fat'h members. I noticed right away that the song was written 4/4 time. This meter was consistent throughout the entire song. The drums, and horns played first followed by a group of male vocals. The vocals were all in unison and were sung…

that the Jewish community faced in the Russian world, including the pressure to modify their culture to conform with those around them, as well as the pressure to reevaluate their choices once they had conformed too much. Our secondary source, The Jews: A History, written by John Efron also highlights this struggle by explaining how different Jewish communities in Eastern Europe recreated their culture to be in alignment with their surrounding country. John Efron explains how Jewish communities…

As notes before, some of the Jews had gained a admiration for the Habsburg state for its progressive handling of Jewish legislation. They saw Germanization as a means for emancipation. Some Jews harbored assimilative desires, which they learned in the German schools, but also favored traditional values. They were raised in traditional homes, and still considered…

lived a peaceful life, until chaos erupted over the 1930’s. Despite some anti-semitism, life for Jewish citizens within Europe before 1933 was relatively secluded. Anti-semitism is the hostility to or prejudice against Jews. Anti-semitism was the first contribution that made Jews feel excluded from society,…

The word Diaspora refers to the people migrated from one country and settled down in another country. Originally a Greek term Diaspora means Scattering or dispersal, associated with the dispersal of Jewish people from their original land, and it has also a sinister connection aspect. Robin Cohen describes it, ‘’ Diaspora signified a collective trauma, banishment, where one dreamed of home but lived in exile’’ (9). Thus with reference to Greeks, Americans and Jewish people Diaspora migration was…

order to help save someone’s life? Between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945 dictator Hitler took control of Germany. Also, he created the “Final Solution” which was a plan to exterminate all Jews by sending them to concentration camps and labor camps. He used propaganda techniques to convince German citizens that Jews were corrupted, cruel, and awful individuals. Over time, Hitler expanded his camps and territory by conquering other nations. During the Holocaust, a woman, Chinese, Salvadorian,…

Englander makes the point repeatedly that those who run from their history and tradition will eventually have it backfire on them. The reader can sense that a part of Englander’s voice gives tribute to the Jewish past. He was raised as an Orthodox Jew, and has abandoned that in theory, but one can see in his writing, that he is rebelling against his rebellion. It’s as if he is unsure of his decision to abandon the Orthodox Judaism. Englander’s characters have a helpless bond to a Jewish…

Shabbetai Zevi was a Jewish man with a Spanish background who contributed to the history of the Jews. He pretended to be the Messiah and gave the Jews hope during a miserable time. Even though he was not the true Messiah, he gave the Jews someone to believe in. During the 17th Century, everyone thought the Messianic Era was approaching to coincide with the predictions that had been made. After initial disbelief, the Jewish people began to accept that Shabbetai Zevi was the Messiah. He rose…

ARIEL, DOMINIQUE H. "Queering Zionism." Jerusalem Post, Mar 11, 2016, pp. 12. eLibrary A 16 year old, Shira Banki at a Jerusalem pride parade was stabbed to death by a zionist or pro-israel man. This caused a meeting of LGBTQ Task Force and other national LGBT organizations to sit down and discuss the action that will be taken to reinforce anti-hate. As a result, complaints were made when a leader of a prominent LGBT organization in Jerusalem, Sarah Weil came out as a zionist. While the…

Group in the Reformation Two Groups of Jews: Ashkenazim (Yiddish speaking Jews in Germany and eastern Europe) and Sephardic (Spanish/Portuguese Jews) Martin Luther thought that the Jews would convert to Protestantism, but many Jews thought of him as an Anti-Semitist German princes feared growth of Jewish communities “Ghetto”- Gated Districts where Jewish communities were placed. Established in Venice and Rome during mid 1500s “Conversos”- Converted Jews during Spanish Inquisition. Many of them…