Persian people

The Jews of Anatevka experienced both the threats of annihilation and assimilation in their Russian community. Outside of Anatevka, the world was changing and experiencing modernization. Liberal ideas began to take speed. The changing values that individuals tried to spread throughout Russia posed a threat to the traditional, long-established ideals of Judaism. On the other hand, Russian, violent attacks against the Jews also seemed to be a perceived threat. Russian pogroms threatened the safety…

like a bird who himself wants to be free of the bondage that he personally is suffering in his house and, the freedom that he seeks for the Jewish people, knowing that they are similar to him as humans and like birds can soar…

mistreatment, speaking for all Jews, and even speaking for humanity. It started with Shylock confronting Antonio about how he spits on him, calls him ‘dog’, and spurns him (Shakespeare 1.3.122-138). In Act III Scene 1, Shylock clearly speaks for his people and tries to make them more human in the eyes of the Christians who think otherwise when he says, “I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions” (3.1.57-9). Then in Act IV Scene 1,…

more than the town name, the distance to the town, the prominent Rabbis and scholars of the town, and the occasional description of his journey. When traveling through a large town such as Rome or Constantinople he might describe the town and its people in more detail, but this is a rare occurrence. These were pivotal times for all three of the abrahamic religions. It seems as if Benjamin could see the emerging power struggle between cross and crescent and that Judaism was going to be caught in…

him. Elie ends up getting lashed twenty-five times as punishment for what he saw between Idek and the Polish girl, “I no longer felt anything except the lashes of the whip” (57). Although this hurt him, it is more painful for him to watch younger people die in such a horrendous…

various techniques and language devices. This has an effect on the readers as they start sympathizing for the two refugees in this poem. Auden uses contrast to emphasize how low the two German Jews are in power and how they are so unappreciated people that they are put in such low priority. ‘Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes.’ This is a clear contrast between rich and poor…

strategy and direction in order to achieve the common goal of sustainable future (Opoku, Cruickshank & Ahmed, 2015). While leadership style can be defined as the way in which leader provide direction and motivate people(Riggio & Reichard, 2008). According to the case study, the most influential people in Sheikh Mohammed life were his father and grandfather. This is because all of them earned a power through the Al Maktoum family dynasty and traditions knowledge were transferred from generation…

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…

The film The Believer, is a film about Danny Balint who is a Jewish boy that becomes a neo-Nazi. He grows up to be an angry, violent guy, attacking Judaism and Jews. Throughout the film, the paradoxical anti-Semitic view of Jewish self-hatred can be seen but along with this, viewers see that as much as Danny hates Jews and Judaism, he cares about the traditions as well. Although Danny kills himself, thus ending the protagonist, the ending of the film is inconclusive. One could argue that Danny…

The life of Gregor von Rezzori is the story of a boy, and later a man, who is torn apart by his contradicting feelings towards Jews. The title of the article reflects that this story is not a snapshot of a certain period but rather it encompasses the first half of Von Rezzori’s life, from his childhood in the early 20th century to his eventual emigration to the United States after World War 2. The topics that appear in this article abstain from dwelling on Jewish stereotypes or fervent…