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agreement of what is expected within the marriage from each party, husband and wife. For example, a man was required to financial support his wife and his wife was required to be committed, physically and emotionally, only to her husband. In Ancient Israel men could have many wives, but a woman could only have one husband. The ketubah outlined…

politics. Furthermore, the preamble clearly identifies the political side of Hamas. In fact, Hamas got the easiest and most reasonable way of mixing religion and politics. Islam clearly encourages the destruction of Israel and the force that the Palestinians are against happens to be Israel. Leaders…

mount. There are countless stories in the Hebrew bible that put Jerusalem as the location in the story. Many important stories such as that of the creation of Adam at the Temple Mount spot, King David settling Jerusalem as the religious capital of Israel, and King Solomon building the First Temple for God to reside are central in Judaism. Thus, Jerusalem is perceived by Judaism to be the holiest City and the Temple mount being the holiest site of…

Muslims fought many cities during the Crusades like; Jerusalem, Egypt, Syria and other Middle Eastern cities. During the Crusade time period (1099-1291) the Muslims succeeded in driving the Crusaders from the Middle East, even though they also lost lands on the Iberian Peninsula. They needed a new leader because the Muslims were not very strong and did not know how to defend themselves along with Islam, that is where Salah al-Din came in. Salah al-Din was the greatest Muslim leader during…

Essenes are Jewish just like Jesus. They believe that any pleasure is bad; they don’t engage in marriage because they think that a woman cannot be faithful to one man, but they agree that people can get married. They despise rich people and believe that everyone should be equal financially; they are all equal because it’s their law and they share everything that they have with each other. They are hard working men, so, to them, being sweaty is a good thing. When they travel to remote places, the…

Author Nadeem Aslam once said in his book “The Wasted Vigil,” “pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world.” Brimming with post-modern musings, “Until the Birds Return” (“En attendant les hirondelles”) explores modern Algeria with past and present generations coalescing to form three loosely connected stories: a wealthy property developer and his wife, a young woman torn between Arab tradition and her own ambitions, and a neurologist haunted by “wartime wrongdoings…

Van De Spiegel, a politician and a pensionary of Holland, brought up a very interesting idea. He questions why Jews never established for themselves “an island in America” to create for “themselves under their own government, religion and laws.” They continuously lived in areas they weren’t allowed to fully commit to Judaism or even give up Judaism entirely. I wonder why they never committed to creating this safe haven for themselves. A renowned philosopher named De Pauw, explained that Jews…

In adaptation there can be rebellion. Throughout Maus, the Jewish survivors organized black markets full of contraband goods, effectively harbored strangers in their homes, and ceaselessly looked out for one another. However, they were adapting all the while. The question of “should they” adapt is not easily answered. First, the situation of the war as a whole must be assessed, from the gradual displacement of Jews to the apathetic and frightened surroundings they faced in friends and neighbors.…

What is Hanukkah? Eight day celebration which celebrates the events during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem According to one of Judaism’s central texts, called the Talmud, Judah Maccabee and the others who were involved in the rededication of the Second Temple thought they saw a miracle. There was only supposed to be enough oil to keep the menorah’s candles burning for one day, but, the flames stayed lit for eight nights, giving them enough time more oil.…

One morning at Roll, Yanek was pulled out of the ranks and loaded onto a truck, they were heading to another concentration camp and it was called the Wieliczka salt mine. Yanek was put underground to mine salt, when he noticed a familiar person to him. It was a Judenrat’s Policeman, everyone in his barrack got mad at him for being one and taking order from Nazi’s and stealing everything they owned. So the next day while they were underground they heard a kapo yelling and asking who did this,…