Israeli Jews

reconstruction of Jewish nationalism, myths and identities socially constructed by Zionist leaders across several decades. She does so by analysing themes critical to the study of Jewish history such as iconic heroism, collective sacrifice and the creation of Israeli national identity through narrative reconstruction as well as the reinterpretation of ancient Jewish military defeats such as Masada, the battle of Tel Hai and the Bar kokhba revolt. Zerubavel places the majority of her context…

after the Holocaust, its denial started, in several ways. One of them was trivializing the Holocaust and denying its uniqueness. In no other time in human history was one nation nothing but victim, while another one was nothing but criminals. German Jews did nothing to threaten the German people. All they tried was being good citizens of Germany. This is not similar to all other cases claiming the definition of Holocaust. Thus, for instance, in 1994, the Hutus of Rwanda massacred the Tutsis of…

titled “Odor in the Court” by A.W. Mann had a lawyer, judge, cop and a citizen. The judge and lawyer were both Jews and the cop was on the side of the Jews. The judge says “if the non-Jew wants justice…let them pay for it.” This suggests not only that Jews are in control of the judicial system but also that they only care about the welfare of Jews. The typical money bag that is carried by Jews is not seen in this cartoon. But the judge is still seen as greedy when he says “to pay for it.” This…

experimentation through which the tensions of identity and the paradoxes, hybridizations and dialectics of being an Israeli are explored. Some writers like Ellie Wiesel deconstruct linguistic forms, displacing discourses of fear and anxiety about extermination and contemporary terror with the experience of the Holocaust. 1.3 CONTRIBUTIONS…

Jewish organizations under the pretense of holding Zionist values in order to encourage the emigration of Jews out of Germany. By 1938, Eichmann had worked to develop his own Central Office for Jewish Emigration, from which he was…

independence and a secure homeland in Zion. Palestine is where the land of Zion is located, also known as Jerusalem (Aviv and Shneer, New Jews, pp.4). The period before the zionism movement, the factors that contributed to the emergence of zionism and the aims of the movement have all been crucial in the development of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict in the Holy Land. Jews were without a homeland for a significant amount of time but there was still a sense of faith during this period.…

hook-nosed, vicious, violent, rapacious, and turbaned or kaffyiehed […] Arabs have replaced the cartoon Jews of Volkischer Beobacher (a Nazi newspaper that published anti-Semitic propaganda) or Der Ewige Fude (“The Eternal Jew” a hate propaganda film created by the Nazis). [. . . ] A Palestine who murdered innocent Israelis was in our reports a terrorist- which he unsurely was- while an Israeli who murdered 29 innocent Palestinians in a Hebron mosque was merely an extremist, a zealot or [. . .]…

opportunities to learn about the Holocaust in America: books, articles, movies, and museums. This is very perplexing considering the Holocaust did not occur in the United States nor were the American people part of the Nazi Germany that killed six million Jews and many others. If Americans wanted to be constantly reminded of the times where humanity was at its worst, all they would have to do is look at their own history. They have plenty of other options such as The Trail of Tears, the Dred…

“The holocaust is very much alive. The wounds are still there. The scars are still there. The influence is still there”- Avner Shalev. Although some argue that the Jews created the Holocaust story to get sympathy and to promote themselves, many believe that the holocaust was an actual event that it should not be denied due to the fact that it is prone to happen again, it was one of the biggest misfortune that ever happened, and why do people deny the holocaust. Many people assume that since the…

Balfour Declaration serves as evidence that the British supported a national home being made for the Jews in Palestine. The Brits supported the Jews with the hope that they would support them back as they go into World War I. After all, the final say in the publication of this document was determined by Britain’s War Cabinet. Forming a national home for the Jews would allow Britain to gain support of Jews in other countries that may serve as neutral. Having another country as an ally would only…