Jehoram of Israel

With the creation of Israel in 1948 the United States has always sided with Israel. After the creation of Israel, President Truman was the first out of all the world leaders to recognize the country. The United States had backed and has tried to support Israel throughout all of their issues with the Middle East since their creation. It was not until President Obama came into the presidency. That some problems with Israel began to arise and tensions began to form with how Israel was handling…

Differences in religion have been the root cause of war throughout history. Conflicts arise even within a set religious group, such as the Catholic/Protestants or Shiite/Sunni Muslims. Westerners have often view Asian religions, like Buddhism, to be backwards or polar opposites of the traditional church. However, Zeami Motokiyo reflects the prevailing themes of forgiveness and sin, common in both Christian and Islamic beliefs, in the Japanese drama Atsumori. A central dogma of Christianity,…

these people break down in tears, and begin to understand that this conflict does not exist in a bubble, and has a substantial impact on many people. Palestinian voices often go unheard, especially in American media. Due to the U.S’s alliance with Israel and Israel’s significant technological advantage over Palestine, most of the media coverage is from the perspective of Israelis, leaving the Palestinian people silenced. By directly interviewing those involved in the Israeli-Palestinian…

group accounted for only 1.4%. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0015_0_14806.html https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0004_0_04235.html; D. Bezworodka Jews in Czenstochow, Russia industry played a significant role in developing manufacturing. Entrepreneurs would sometimes visit a German factory replicate the equipment and methods of production. Several workers from Werder's gold factory, from Jerzy Landau's celluloid factory, from…

Social Groups of the Reformation Corry Arnold, Connor DiMarco, Mason El-Habr, John Martin, and Jack O’Connell Jewish Group in the Reformation Two Groups of Jews: Ashkenazim (Yiddish speaking Jews in Germany and eastern Europe) and Sephardic (Spanish/Portuguese Jews) Martin Luther thought that the Jews would convert to Protestantism, but many Jews thought of him as an Anti-Semitist German princes feared growth of Jewish communities “Ghetto”- Gated Districts where Jewish communities were placed.…

meaning “Prophets”, contain the writings of former and latter prophets, with teaching on how to return to the Torah. Finally Kethuvim are the “Writings”, containing life examples to learn from. Alongside his brief synopsis of the history of ancient Israel, these four chapters combined provide the necessary framework for the reader to have a beginning knowledge of the make up of the Jewish Bible. As well, they provide rationales for reading the Hebrew Bible with a historical-critical approach,…

Freedom of religion is certainly a privilege for which we all have to be thankful. Chanukah is the perfect occasion for celebrating this freedom. In the special "Al Hanissim" Prayer that we add on Chanukah to our regular daily prayers and grace after meals we recall what the wicked Hellenist Greeks tried to inflict upon our ancestors. They made an effort to force assimilation upon them by causing them to forget the Torah and to follow this by abandoning their fulfillment of the G-dly commands.…

A nation long ago that had to Increase its defensive measures in order to survive remains standing victorious. This country which goes by its Hebrew name of Israel which means “God may prevail”, has continually been defending themselves against the imperialistic form of the Arab Palestinians. Israel at all times being surrounded by their adversary are constantly watching their back, figuratively speaking. This relentless tussle has been going on for thousands of years. It has been said to…

against the Jews. He was only a young adult, but he still fought for Palestine. In 1957, Arafat helped found Fatah, which was an organization dedicated to getting an independent Palestinian state instead of Israel and Jordan. This also began conflict with Israel because Arafat strongly believed that Israel shouldn’t have been its own independent state. Arafat also has always had been apart of the PLO, but a while after the Palestine Liberation Organization was established, Arafat became chairman…

During the Plague, most of Europe was Christian, so Jews were looked at with high levels of suspicion and were the easiest scapegoats for the Plague, being religious outcasts. There was a strong belief among the elites in the European society that the Jews wanted to destroy Christendom. Many Christians viewed the Jews as the Antichrist and irresponsible priests spread rumors that the Jews kidnapped and tortured Christian children. The Jews were also represented as the demon’s attendant on Satan…