Land of Israel

The Suez Crisis was caused by Egypt's approach to modernization and response to funding withdrawal further developed by the significance of the canal and views of other countries, resulting in damage to the canal as well as international relations. In order to understand how the Suez Crisis unfolded it is important to examine Hist and Geog context. WORK 2ND SENT Geographical The Suez canal was an approximately 100 mile long waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea from Port Said and the Red…

Types of Resistance During The Holocaust “To the Jewish, fighting and survival were the same” (“Encyclopedia of The Holocaust”, 1,265). As most people know during the Holocaust Jewish people and others were persecuted by the Nazis and their supporters. The people who were persecuted would often resist in an attempt to survive the cruelty, these are the different ways they resisted. One of the main places that they resisted was in the ghettos. “Some ghettos like the one in Warsaw were not…

During World War II, approximately six million Jewish people were killed in the Holocaust. The 1930s through 1940s was extremely heartbreaking for Jews and their families. Before the Holocaust Jews had normal lives, they never expected their lives to dramatically change personally and their outlook on the world. Before the early 1930s, Jews had good paying jobs and families, but when Adolf Hitler was chancellor there were a lot of new laws enacted to discriminate against the Jews. Everyone in…

Many have faced the problem of procrastination. While some view it as a waste of time, others view it as a logical course of action. Jewish author, and screenwriter, Michael Chabon was born in and grew up in a close and planned community and was raised mostly by his single mother (Michael Chabon Biography). In his Pulitzer prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon addresses many broad topics including the idea of escapism. Through the novella The Amazing Adventures…

From 10 A.D. to 55 A.D. Jews faced constant persecution. Being a small community, they could never withstand the large Roman population. The Romans never had the Jews’ best interests in mind. There were several events that lead to the revolt from the Jews. The Jewish population during this time were entirely justified in their revolt. After withstanding several years of religious persecution, unjust punishment and actions against, and the murder of far too many Jews, the Jews led a rebellion…

fertility. With such prejudice directed towards handmaids, it is easy to see how the mistreatment of handmaids gets overlooked. In Gilead, the laws allow for a variety of mistreatments concerning men and women, who are not protected by the laws of the land. Citizens…

This summary of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory by Ahmad H. Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod will provide an examination of the Palestinian Diaspora in relation to the Palestinian exodus of 1948. Part One of this book is entitled “Places of Memory”, which consists of historical perspectives of scholars, such as Chapter 1’s article by Susan Slyomovics, related to Nakba through the memories of refugees in the town of Qula: “A different history historiography, grounded in testimonial…

Shylock shows the intriguing conflict between the Christians and the Jews in Venice. Shylock immediately shows his hatred for Antonio, as he says in an aside, “I hate him for he is a Christian; But more, for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis”. This shows his loathing for Antonio based on that fact that he dislikes Christians and highlighting the conflict between Christians and Jews in Venice, furthermore, Antonio is seen as a rival in his business, this further emphasizes the…

Produced in 1939 by Edgar G. Ulmer, The Light Ahead highlights a transition away from past superstitious beliefs toward Jewish Enlightenment thinking. The film is set in a small village of Glupsk, which serves to portray Jewish shtetl life as a juxtaposition to big city life. In his film, Ulmer pushes for the furtherance of Jewish Enlightenment through underlining stark contrasts in opinion between religious leaders of the village and Mendele, a book peddler and Jewish Enlightenment thinker.…

Groups Other Than Jewish People Thesis: Many groups of people other than Jews were affected by the Holocaust. I. Holocaust background A. What is the Holocaust? 1. The word Holocaust literally means sacrifice by fire. Today, it refers to the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime, led by Adolf Hitler (Introduction to the Holocaust). What isn’t as widely known is the fact that in addition to these six million Jewish people, another five million…