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group and I heard the siren signaling that we had 60 seconds to run into a bomb shelter. We all raced to the bomb shelter a feeling of fear clawing to us. Many people in my group were crying and praying. This is when I realized Israelis have to do this every day. Israeli children and parents are so calm as they quickly make there way into the bomb shelter. This is their norm. This tragedy is their life. It is therefore evident that the technique 'surrender before you can win' does not apply to…

the twin towers was an absolute shock to the US economy, the impact of this event has yet to be fully measured. The act of terrorism could influence significant changes in the consumption and production pattern. For example, the attack on Israel Israelis now prefer malls instead of markets and walk in the streets instead of taking buses. This has a profound effect on the pattern of international trade. However, terrorist induced uncertainty may have a negative effect on trade. The means of…

Ethical teachings are one of the four main characteristics that influence Judaism to be a living and dynamic religion and is stored within the central sacred text of the Bible, which explicitly provides a set guideline for Jewish adherents to have a deeper understanding of how to live a moral life. The Commandments of the Torah consists of the 10 Commandments/613 Mitzvot which provides the broadest application of Jewish ethical principles and are divided into positive and negative mitzvot. The…

and hid until 1960, the year he was captured by Israeli agents.The main man behind the manhunt was Simon Wiesenthal. In 1961, Israel tried Eichmann and found him guilty on his crimes. Even after Eichmann was found guilty, people wondered if he were to receive the death sentence or life imprisonment. If Israel were to hang him for his crimes, he would be the first man executed under Israeli law. The judge of the trial, Moshe Landau, stated that Israeli laws could put a man to death if they were…

On April 11, 1944, Holocaust victim Anne Frank wrote, "Who knows -- it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we now suffer.” Antisemitism is the discrimination of Jewish people. The earliest recorded act of antisemitism dates back to the 3rd century B.C.E. when the Greco-Egyptian historian Manetho said that Jews were expelled from Egypt. Throughout the years, Jews have been driven out of more than 80 countries…

the grassroots theory, and middle-level organizational frameworks (52). The role of media in igniting and guiding moral panics is also considered (Goode & Ben-Yehuda 88). The authors support theory with rich examples from history, including the Israeli Drug Panic of 1982 and the Renaissance Witch…

On September 11, 2001 the world watched in horror as two planes flew into the World Trade Center killing thousands of people. It’s a day we all remember, sitting watching the events unfold. I remember where I was and watching the events on TV, not fully understanding what was happening. Fifteen years later this is an event we are studying about in history books. Yet, the details that have unfolded in the last fifteen years shine a different light on the devastating attacks of 9-11. After…

Emile Durkheim mentioned the term anomie in regards to some individuals of society which means that they were given to little to no morality support by society’s standards. Popular celebrities were the victims of anomie because they became the victims of their own fame. Individuals engaging in destructive behavior can encounter end results such as drug and alcohol dependency or even death. Individuals tend to succumb to anomie more if routines are disrupted or they are little to know familial…

mission specialist; Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; Laurel Clark, mission specialist; William McCool, pilot; and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist from the Israeli Space Agency were on the shuttle. Six of the astronauts were married and five of them had kids. Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-born woman in space. Ramon was a 48-year-old Israeli Air Force colonel who survived two wars. He carried a drawing titled "Moon Landscape" by Peter Ginz, a 14-year-old Jewish boy killed at Auschwitz.…

Period 3 1/20/18 Judeo-Spanish Language Preservation Judeo-Spanish, also known as Ladino, is a language belonging to the Romance branch of the Indo-European language family. According to an article written by the University of Bamberg, it was originally spoken by Jews in Spain, but proceeded to flourish in regions of the Ottoman Empire after these Jews were thrown out and forced to migrate. This language is derived from medieval Castilian Spanish. Today, it is mainly spoken by Sephardic Jew…