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was written in 1967. This book is known to encompass his own personal experiences and thus gives it a more realistic taste. His books seem to reflect his actual experiences as they tend to focus on the Jewish and their search for belonging and identity. Potok separates the modernized Jewish culture in America from what he thinks is the true and original Jewish culture. This mirrors his life as an American Jew born and raised in the New York. Potok values the relationship of family in his books, especially between father and son, as the father would pass on their culture down to the son so that it can be passed for many more generations to come. There is also great emphasis on teachers in Potok’s books. As Potok has enrolled in religious schools, he most likely saw the teachers as a figure of great influence. Overall, Potok places great emphasis on the spiritual life and how that brings together people, forming deep bonds; but during his time, the minorities were still fighting for their rights, so it often times the communities were scattered. There were still many Jews from other counties that did not have anywhere near the same freedom as those who lived in a country like America; and thus, the move for equality was an awakening for Jewish activists to help their other Jewish communities in other parts of the world…

throughout much of their history and that any people who had married individuals of an outside population were “lost as members of the community” (Ostrer 893). There is some controversy behind why Tay-Sachs appeared in the Ashkenazi Jewish populations, but the most believed consensus is the “perpetuation of this allele is associated with the selective advantage it provides protection against Mycobacteria tuberculosis” which is the causal agent for tuberculosis (Paull et al. 13). During World War…

Throughout history the Jewish people faced an overwhelming amount of adversity around the world. As conditions worsened over time many Jews faced significant persecution and instability within their natural boarders. In turn, much of the international Jewish community began to look for new, safe and prosperous countries to immigrate to. At the top the list was England. It presented one of the best choices for the resettlement of Jews from around the world as England had many attractive qualities…

Several Jewish committees believed that such an effort would be "a perpetual memorial to the weakness and defenselessness of the Jewish people” and would "not be in the best interests of Jewry" (Kindle Locations 2279-2281). The Jewish population did not want to associate themselves with victimhood following the war until after the 1961. Even the popularization of The Diary of Anne Frank was met with a downplay of her Jewish identity and more concentration her coming of age story. The 1961 event…

education and financial success to support their families. The Jewish culture also places emphasis on marriage and building a family to create the next generation. For the interview project I completed with a person from the Jewish community, she reported that family is a major part of her culture. The article written by Schlossberger & Hecker (1998), explains this point by saying, if a Jewish couple does not reproduce, Hitler wins in a sense. I found this extremely interesting perspective of…

that Jewish immigrant culture heavily influenced the content of musical theatre when it was popularized in America during the early twentieth century. But in turn, it was the sociopolitical and racial climate of the 20th century that inspired the creative and thematic content of Jewish productions as well. Because a majority of established writers, producers, and composers of the…

It is now more than fifty years since the State of Israel was established. It has passed the initial stages of nation-building and is today, in many respects, a Western, technological society. It was built on the experience of ideologically driven Jewish settlement which began in the nineteenth century. Israel has a background of the Holocaust, ongoing military struggle with neighboring countries, and the necessity of absorbing unprecedented numbers of new immigrants from very different culture.…

his most famous pieces of writing was Candide, which was written in 1759 as a satirical piece on French society (“Candide”). The novel is held as an equal-opportunity satire that seeks to point out the folly in all social groups, but while certain opinions in the novel are revolutionary, other sentiments echoed the prejudices that France already maintained. Since the Jewish population was on the fringe of French society, Voltaire’s negative portrayal of the…

In the post war years, Montreal was the core center of Canadian Jews. Its Jewish population exceeded Toronto’s, and the educational and communal structures built by the Jewish community outdid the smaller centers in Canada. Jews in Canada frequently live in cities or suburbs. Although not as residentially segregated as the Vietnamese, often neighborhoods could be considered “Jewish neighborhoods” because of the amount of Jewish synagogues, schools and Jewish population living there. In Louis…

Shabbetai Zevi was a Jewish man with a Spanish background who contributed to the history of the Jews. He pretended to be the Messiah and gave the Jews hope during a miserable time. Even though he was not the true Messiah, he gave the Jews someone to believe in. During the 17th Century, everyone thought the Messianic Era was approaching to coincide with the predictions that had been made. After initial disbelief, the Jewish people began to accept that Shabbetai Zevi was the Messiah. He rose…