British Jews

The term “Melting Pot” describes a model of ethnic relations in which a nation-state's constituent ethnic groups engage in a process of reciprocal fusion. The phrase entered popular parlance with such élan that its origins still remain unknown and obscure to most people. Although one might safely attribute the wide-spread dissemination of the idea to Israel Zangwill, the Anglo-Jewish Zionist-turned-assimilationist, similar references had already been made by writers like J. Hector St. John de…

“Every moment counts. Every second matters”-Elie Wiesel. During WWII and the Holocaust, American politicians avoided and actively ignored the harm caused to Jews in Europe, delaying help. Instead of allowing more immigrants and creating plans for refugees, the State Department, supported by the majority of Americans, ignored the problem and made it harder for immigrants and refugees to enter America. They were unable to escape persecution through quotas and excessive screening just because of…

The Holocaust, 1939-1945, was the “systematic persecution” of 6 million Jews. “By 1945, 2 out of every 3 european Jews were killed.” (“Introduction to the Holocaust”) Jews had always been hated and were blamed for many terrible things like the “Black Death” that killed thousands. Jews were scapegoats but they were also lied about. Propaganda spread about the Jewish. In 1900, people believed Jews would dominate the world “using their money and intelligence” to manipulate trusting civilians.…

say, or vote, in the matter they looked for expanded suffrage. The liberal Jews participated in this fight in the hopes it would grant them equality civilly and politically with the rest of the groups fighting. Some Jews fought side by side with non-Jews but mostly it brought more hostility towards them. There was a large fear that the Jewish community, if they gained equality, would come to dominate the country. The Jews were associated with the bourgeoisie class that supposedly wanted to…

in Żegota where she was responsible for the children’s section.3 She began working as a social worker at the onset of World War Two, which two years later proved to be a substantial benefit.3 An outbreak of the typhus disease, with an average of 750 Jews dying in the Warsaw Ghetto per day, resulted in the Germans becoming apprehensive about whether it would be transmitted further into Warsaw.8,14 Thus, in efforts to reduce the advancement of the disease, the epidemic granted Irena Sendlerowa a…

Sofka Skipwith is an extraordinary princess who saved many Jews. There is a lot about her life that is unknown to many people. Her life before the war was hard for her. During the war, it was still hard for her and everyone around her. Even after the war it was hard, but Sofka always found a way to make life easier. Sofka Skipwith was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1907. She was the daughter of Prince Peter Alexandrovich Dolgorouky of St. Petersburg of Russia. Sofka was one of the first…

history is the Holocaust. What is the Holocaust you ask? Well, the Holocaust, the systematic massacre of millions of Jews, was one the largest genocides in history was made possible by anti-Semitism, straight-out fear, and other countries that didn 't want to be politically involved.…

of the modern Zionism, Theodore Herzl, who dedicated his life to the idea of Jewish self determination and the return of the Jews to their historic homeland. In 1896 Herzl wrote a pamphlet called "The Jewish State" which years later would have a far reaching consequences for the Jews around the world and change the balance of power in the Middle East. He was the first Jew who conceptualized the anti-Semitism phenomenon as an international problem and provided…

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,…

of deafening detonations was heard among Britain, wiping out our civilization, our people, our way of life. As King of Britain, I cannot bear seeing this progressive destruction of society. Not only are the British struggling to keep their heads above the sea of despair, thousands of Jews across Europe are being persecuted also, by the Nazis. The…