Beta Israel

being separated. Israel was the first ever united kingdom. King Saul’s reign was unsuccessful, but then soon came King David. Jerusalem was united under King David. He united all tribes of Israel under complete monarchy. David’s son had a son named Solomon. He built a giant temple for the Hebrew’s God, Yahweh, and many beautiful palaces. Israel was split in two after Solomon’s death, and now had a northern kingdom and a southern kingdom. The northern kingdom was the Kingdom of Israel, and the…

The civilization of the ancient Hebrews is one of the most fascinating to study, if only due to its longevity in the face of countless trials faced throughout history. Their imagined community, formulated by their religious practices and their devotion to scripture as the center of their beliefs, kept their culture mostly separate from others, allowing them to retain many customs and practices to which they still adhere to this day. The Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible, written circa 580-400 BC,…

The tension between the Islamic world and Western civilization was not a spontaneous incident. Rather, it would be a series of developments spanning the length of nearly an entire millennia which would eventually form today’s crisis between the Western world and the Middle East. In this presentation, I will share the key developments over history in this ongoing crisis crisis. The concept of wars fought over differences in religion, or holy wars, is not a particularly new idea. Since the dawn…

For my virtual field trip, I chose to visit the Jerusalem great synagogue, as a Christian I have learnt a lot about Jerusalem as a special city also as the birth place of Jesus Christ, and I have always believed Jerusalem to be a holy place and a land of sacredness it is also believed to be the city of hope and belonging. The main reason why I chose this worship site is to explore more about important places attached to the Jews. Obviously this online site represents Judaism as a religion, it is…

(Yareaẖ) or the name of the lunar deity Yarikh for whom the city was an early centre of worship.Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Jerico. From the name of a city in Israel which is mentioned several times in the Old Testament.Given Name JERICO. USAGE: Biblical. ... From the name of a city in Israel which is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The meaning of…

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…

How did the Hebrew Civilization influence the world, especially the West Hebrew history has been pieced together in different forms, one being the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. It was composed of historical narratives, wisdom literature, poetry and laws. The historical writing are dated to the early ninth century B.C.E. Under Moses, the Egyptians fled to find a new home, to the east. “There Israelites emerged as a motion, a people with a sense of community and common faith.” It would be…

With the creation of Israel in 1948 the United States has always sided with Israel. After the creation of Israel, President Truman was the first out of all the world leaders to recognize the country. The United States had backed and has tried to support Israel throughout all of their issues with the Middle East since their creation. It was not until President Obama came into the presidency. That some problems with Israel began to arise and tensions began to form with how Israel was handling…

Differences in religion have been the root cause of war throughout history. Conflicts arise even within a set religious group, such as the Catholic/Protestants or Shiite/Sunni Muslims. Westerners have often view Asian religions, like Buddhism, to be backwards or polar opposites of the traditional church. However, Zeami Motokiyo reflects the prevailing themes of forgiveness and sin, common in both Christian and Islamic beliefs, in the Japanese drama Atsumori. A central dogma of Christianity,…

these people break down in tears, and begin to understand that this conflict does not exist in a bubble, and has a substantial impact on many people. Palestinian voices often go unheard, especially in American media. Due to the U.S’s alliance with Israel and Israel’s significant technological advantage over Palestine, most of the media coverage is from the perspective of Israelis, leaving the Palestinian people silenced. By directly interviewing those involved in the Israeli-Palestinian…