History of the Jews in the United States

When discussing the history of Germany, it’s impossible not to bring up the topic of the Nazi’s. Nazi is short for the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, which was a political party that started in the early 1930’s and ended in 1945. This party was ran by Adolf Hitler that believed the Aryan race was the perfect race, and took out anyone who disagreed with their views. They saw the Jewish people as their biggest threat and tried to eliminate all Jews. This is what led to the…

DISCUSSION 1 Source 1 Davis, Kenneth C., “America’s True History of Religious Tolerance,” Smithsonian Magazine, October 2010. Kenneth C. Davis is an American historian. He has written many historical books but is best known for his “Don’t Know Much About…” historical series. He has lectured at museums including the Smithsonian Museum and the American Museum of Natural Science. He has also been published in The New York Times, Newsday and other publications. This article points out the…

The plight of the African American has been exceptionally brutal and generationally consequential in the United States. Africans Americans were brought over to this country by force as slaves and remained enslaved for centuries and after they achieved freedom in 1865 they continually struggled through the Reconstruction period and even beyond the Civil Right period with a system of written and unwritten laws in America that kept them oppressed and made it nearly impossible to control their…

religion in general as “an effort to connect what the universe is like to how people should live.” In fact Israel- which represents a culture, a faith, a place and the responsibility of the people- means to struggle with god. Jewish scholarship, history and practice define a particularly optimistic but always questioning Jewish view of life. Jewish Scholarship is the questioning of the concept of god. In the Hebrew Bible, god is a paradox constantly flipping from being caring and loving to being…

six million Jews during World War 2. The word ‘Holocaust’ originated from the Greek words “Holo” meaning whole and “Kaustos” meaning burned (The Holocaust). The Holocaust began in 1941 and lasted until 1945 during the time of World War 2 and originated in Germany, which then spread across Europe. The Holocaust is one of the 20th century’s greatest and most deadly tragedies that were made with outright fear in known history. The holocaust was an appalling event that occurred in history controlled…

to explore the past of the present. Currently, there is a debate on whether immigrants belong in America. The United States of America, also known as the home of the brave and free have encountered this question time and again. In 1919, under the Woodrow administration, Alexander Mitchell Palmer was the Attorney General of the United States. An Attorney General oversees the United States’ citizens. They are known as the “People’s Lawyers”. In 1920, Palmer oversaw the implementation of the…

somebody for these problems. He blamed Jewish people for these problems, even though it wasn’t their fault, and convinced people to believe him. People did, and Jews were immediately targeted and banished from society. This event would lead to one of the deadliest genocides in history. Along with many other nations including the United States, Germany was suffering from a great depression. Jobs were scarce and many people were unemployed. The economy was collapsing, until in 1933 a new…

Declaration in 1917 and the British Mandate of 1920, had raised the tension between Arabs and Jews. One of the most significant changes was the establishment of the Jewish State of Israel. “On 29 November 1947, thousands of people jumped out of their beds and rushed out onto the streets when the reports were broadcasted on the radio.” It was the day the UN proposed the partition of Palestine, between Arabs and Jews. On 14 May 1948, the British high commissioner for Palestine left with his staff,…

History is usually suggested as a continuum of similar events that occur repetitively. Machiavelli’s quote, “Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past, for human events ever resemble those of the preceding times”, is exemplified by events in history and issues that still exist. There are multiple historic occurrences that can attest to Machiavelli’s thinking, specifically three will be discussed, each within a different spectrum. In order to attest to Machiavelli’s thinking, a…

to different perspectives, and I feel very privileged to be able study the history that the world shares but looks at very differently. Being from absolutely the different hemisphere of the world, I came here with my knowledge of different events of the past with certain outlook that my professors in my high school implanted in me, especially when it concerned the World Wars. India was a British colony and hence, our history includes the study Indian participation in various incidents under…