Hasidic Judaism

I. INTRODUCTION: (JERUSALEM 2004-2006 AND PART ONE: JERUSALEM 1898) Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author, Amy Dockser Marcus, wrote the novel Jerusalem 1913: The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the year 2007. Marcus was a journalist working for New York City’s The Wall Street Journal in 1991. She flew to Tel Aviv, Israel in September. The stories and facts she has about this topic are interesting because she has actual historical background and knowledge about it. She is able to…

The reason I chose to write about Moses is because of his Impact in the Jewish community. In all honesty, he is so great that he expands way beyond Judaism, and reaches into many other religions also. As a child Moses had probably one of the worst child hood stories I have ever heard but still he doesn’t loose faith in his God. Some may argue that he may have been chosen at birth to carry out the word of God. “One traditional story tells that when he was a child, sitting on Pharaoh's knee, Moses…

The Two Creation Stories Typically, when two stories conflict in detail, one tends to question the authenticity of either or both accounts; however, in stories such as the creation stories and in particular, Judaism, the differences only helps one better understand the duality of God or Yahweh. The creation stories are meant to charter fundamental values of society and the two stories differ in the sense that the first one depicts a more perfect, idealistic, world, whereas the second story is…

Elijah and the Burning Sacrifice retold by Erin Younglove “Come near, “come here to me,” (sermocinatio) Elijah announced to all the citizens, When all the citizens had done so, he rebuilt the alter of the King of Kings which had been destroyed. Elijah rearranged 12 stones, one for each tribe in the family line of Jacob, to whom the Lord’s message had come to Jacob, “Your name shall be Israel.” Elijah built an altar with the stones in honor of the Lord and dug a ditch around it…

The Bible is like a small library that contains many books written by many important authors. The word "Bible" comes from the Greek word biblia, meaning "books" (“Passing Stories”). In the article “Passing Stories”on American Bible Society.org “it took more than 1,100 years for the book to be written down, and it was many more years before the list of books now known as the Bible came together in one large book.” The bible was made in many different times one person did not just sit down and…

I do not think that Keller should remove Bronner only because his son is joining the IDF, he said that "either you are the kind of person whose intellectual independence and journalistic integrity can be trusted to do the work we do at the Times, or you are not,” which proves that Bronner holds his journalistic ethics high, mostly because he feels such a respect towards his own profession. In fact, Keller made Bronner the bureau chief because of Bronner honest reputation and experience. I think…

Zionism, the movement of the Jewish people back to Israel, has caused conflict between the Jews and the Palestinians. The Jews felt they had the right to move back to their homeland or the Holy Land, but the Palestinians believe that the Jews do not have the right. Although some Jews are trying to see the Palestinian side, many are not. This is not to say the Palestinians do not need to see the Jewish side. (Chernin). Basically, if people would practice metacognition more often, this…

In the Israeli political sphere, controversial issues fly through society each day. From the Knesset to the Shabbos dinner table, politics is a central component of living in Israel. Avigdor Lieberman is the leader of Yisrael Beiteinu, a right-wing, nationalist party. While his party is certainly far from being the largest in government, he often plays the role of kingmaker when building right-wing coalition governments. Lieberman’s variant of conservatism involves strong nationalist tendencies…

Difficulties in the Middle East can be dated back to the Old Testament and Abraham and Sarai’s and their lack of faith to give them a child. The first conflicts between European’s and the Middle East first started with the Crusades trying to overthrow the Middle East between 1095 and 1250. At the end of World War II and the world found out about the Holocaust, gave a new argument for the Jews to have their own land. “The origins of the problems can be found in imperialism, poverty, government…

1 It made me very happy when they said to me, "We will go into the house of the LORD". 2 (Now) our feet are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem! 3 Jerusalem is a city with buildings that fit near together. 4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD. They go there to thank the LORD. All Israel will see it. 5 The thrones of the house of David are there. Also, they sit there to judge the people. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (Pray that) the people that love (Jerusalem) will be…