Jehoram of Israel

Land in the Middle East Ever since 1300 CE, land has been an issue in the Middle East because of recurring fighting. The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire caused conflict because of the separation of religious and ethnic groups. Correspondingly, Israel has been fighting for their rights against Palestinians. Altogether, the Middle East has experienced a very disastrous history full of fights and war. The Middle East, a highly diverse and controversial region, comprises of a history of…

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…

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 corruption, political repression, and religious fanaticism.” Many Arab countries in the Middle East see Israel as outsiders, in 1968 a bomb in a Jerusalem market killing 14, 1969 a bomb at Hebrew University injuring 28, in 1970 a Swissair plane blown…

Hook: Necessary Info: In the novel Night written by Eliezer Wiesel there are many depressing, heartbreaking stories shared through a book from a holocaust survivor's point of view. Thesis: Throughout this memoir the many horrible events recalled showed Elie Wiesel’s loss of innocence. Topic: Elie Wiesel was stripped of his youth because of the gruesome conditions he was placed in. Introduce Quote: On page 57, in the text it states that Elie was wiped 25 times because of walking in on his…

Throughout the novel Night, Elie Wiesel stated three poignant and relevant quotes during his survival of the Holocaust. Firstly, he claims that the torture he endured and observing his people walking into their own deaths will forever change the way he views God and the world. Secondly, he loses his faith towards mankind because he feels sympathetic towards a child receiving misfortune in the concentration camp rather than adult. Lastly, Wiesel learns that Hitler is the only person throughout…

The conflict between the laws of the state and the laws of indivdual consciene is a hard decision to face. However, both characters in, Antigone by Sophocles and Sarah’s Key by Tatiana DeRosnay come face to face with this difficult desicion. The charcters experience similar situations of facing against injustices. Similar to Antigone, Sarah is forbidden to see her brother, but is wiling to do anything to see him and goes against unfair laws put in place. These similar concpets connects the two…

The current population in Syria is 22 million people. Over the course of a few years, three million Syrians have become refugees abroad and six and a half million more have fled their homes for other locations within the country. Most of the Syrians have been going to Europe- places like Turkey and Lebanon. A few months ago, the UN reported that the Syrian war is responsible for the number of displaced people. Due to the war, roughly forty-three percent of Syria’s population has fled the country…

If you knew that 6 million people were killed just because they believed in something, would it impact your life, and want you to learn more about that event so you are able to prevent something like that from happening again in the future?An event that occurred from 1933 to 1945, killed over 6 million people just for having their own beliefs. This event, which is know as the Holocaust, happened when Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany after their defeat on World War I. Hitler and his…

The Jewish ethical teachings and and mitzvots include many literal or more metaphorical rules that very much affect an adherents day to day life. Few such aspects of an adherents life that are heavily influenced by the Jewish code are the areas of life relating to sexuality and the human sexual anatomy. Areas such as; Sexual intercourse, divorce, premarital sex, purity, abortion, homosexuality and contraception are all concepts discussed within the Torah and Jewish communities. Many Jewish laws…