Pogrom

popular uses of opportunism, used almost every day. One example is religion. Ever since the very beginning, people have been disgraced because of their color or race. In the early 2000’s people would be asked of their religion. If they were christian, a pogrom would be set up for them. People aware of this would deny their religion for their safety, but dishonoring Christ in the meantime. Bible verse Matthew 10:33…

From Mandate to State: The Yishuv of 1919-1948 For 4,000 years, the Jewish people lived in exile without a nation to call their own. To compensate for this lack of an official homeland, the Jews concentrated on keeping their traditions alive by maintaining their religion, sense of community and social system. It was terribly important to the Jewish people of Palestine to have a place of refuge for their persecuted relatives throughout the world. Jewish immigrants who sought asylum from…

Kershaw is highly critical towards the lack of involvement and action towards the persecution and pogrom of the Jews and how the fear of the Nazis turning on them caused this passivity or complicity to the actions committed. The reluctance to react is supported by the soon-to-be Pope at the time, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, who stated that ‘the fight against…

promise of a better life, or had to escape poor conditions, like a famine, religion issues, land shortages, or political issues. Many of the immigrants left their home land to escape from the religious persecution. Jews were forced out of Russia by pogroms or local authorities. The rest of them left because of the rapidly increasing population. It was only a matter of time before the Chinese stated to come. They came in a lot smaller groups, wanting to…

In the 20th century, a fascist group called the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, which was also known as the Nazis, had emerged. The party was run by the Austrian, Adolf Hitler, who is credited with starting the party with his novel Mein Kampf (Neel). The Nazis were characterized by intense nationalism (Neel).The Nazis had emerged from pre existing groups and had built from the existing disillusion from the German loss in World War I (Neel). Nazis were anti semitic and used Jews as…

Child-bearing was encouraged in Germany, however this was only acceptable to the “Aryans” not the Jews. Hitler has implemented policies such as financial incentive marriage loans and special medals were given to women who gave birth to large families. He also made divorce difficult, abortion and contraception illegal in order to achieve his objective effectively. Also, women’s organizations were created to indoctrinate women with Nazi ideas such as “The German Women’s Enterprise”. These programs…

This week, as we left class, Angylyne and I discussed the documentary, Precious Knowledge, all the way to the Armitage el stop where we parted ways. It was hard to believe that the education board of Arizona had such a problem with the Latin Studies Program. In high school, I took both AP US History and AP European History. In both of these courses, we learned about radical thinkers and doers and people who decided to revolt against the status quo. Both of these courses are fine for students to…

The crusades were military campaigns first inaugurated and sanctioned by Pope Urban 2 at Clermont-Ferrand in November 1095 to wrestle the Holy Land from Muslim control. The desire for access to shrines associated with life and ministry of Jesus was a driving force for crusaders. In addition, the promise to gain to gain land and wealth in the East acted as motivation to the crusaders who also had absolution from sin and eternal glory promised to them. The church was more centralized and stronger…

by plot, which follows movement from problem to resolution, from violation of order to restoration” (Rubin, 2). The Jew and foreigner are depicted as the dangerous other in medieval literature which can be translated to real actions in expulsions, pogroms and crusades. This paper will examine the medieval narratives of Wonders of the East as well as The Prioress’ Tale and The Man of Laws Tale by Chaucer. These selections are just a small sample of medieval literature that depicts Jews and…

The idea of separation of race is deeply ingrained in our society not only today, but has been since the beginning of our country. The separating of American citizens based on the color of their skin rather than who they are and what they stand for. This has caused several clashes of culture and ideals, seen today by the Black Lives Matter movement and the waves in mass media it is creating. This all started in the United States infancy. The “founding fathers” of America while preaching that all…