Politics of Israel

Young and Not In Love The average fifth-teen year old girl is worried about how many likes her Instagram post gets not who she will be marrying. Millions of young girls across the world in undeveloped countries have to go threw the struggle of child marriage. Child marriage occurs when someone under the age of eighteen either into by marriage by their parent’s permission. Child marriage is a human rights violation and although even though some of the countries have made laws or act to protect…

Ever since there was a rise in anti-Semitism, a man named Theodor Herzl’s dreamt of a Zionist movement where Jews would gain their own separate nation, which soon became a reality in what became Israel. Survivors of the Holocaust would flee into Israel, which triggered anger amongst the Palestinians because they “viewed Jewish independence as a betrayal of their own interests, and they attacked the Jewish state as soon as it was proclaimed.” This would spark a range of…

Ellie Wiesel is considered to be one of the most prominent Jewish authors during the World War II era. Wiesel, through-out his life, has written many books portraying the vast accounts of social injustice the Jews experienced during the War. Wiesel’s critically acclaimed “Night” tells of these atrocities first hand and what he witness at a very young age. Ellie Wiesel is known for his striking imagery and colorful use of words to display the brutally of the Nazi regime in 1940s Europe. Across…

In the world today, we see so many events happening that sometimes we do not know why they occur. In the western side of the world we see people living in more developed countries such as the United States and Europe. As in the eastern side there are countries that are a lower developed countries for example South west Asia and south Asia. To have a comparison between two countries that I will be explaining about are Europe and South West Asia. Those two regions have a lot of differences in…

supply many Western nations their oil. OPEC, or The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, was formed by the coming together of all the Arab countries who were infuriated at the fact that Palestinian lands were taken and used to create Israel (OPEC States Declare Oil Embargo). Other events took place before the Arab countries united and created the embargo. Those prior events made it easier for the want of an embargo, and allowed the Middle Eastern countries a chance for revenge…

The human psyche often has an easier time categorizing all things in binaries rather than recognizing that most things do not fall into such rigid categories. Although it was evolutionarily beneficial to separate things such as plants as poison or non-poison, such categorization is non-effective when trying to describe the human race, which is inherently nuanced and multi-layered. The ineffectiveness of this system can be seen in the media’s portrayal of the Arab region, which is often reduced…

In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus is portrayed as the teacher. To Matthew Jesus is a teacher who is far greater than Moses or anyone ever was. Matthews Gospel was written and intended for the audience of other Jewish people since he was a Jew himself. This could be the main point that differentiates Mathew from the other Gospels because his audience was so heavily Jewish based. This Gospel is the beginning of the New Testament that sets up the other gospels that will follow even though much of…

In humanity’s endless search for truth, we often turn to religion in order to answer the questions we cannot answer ourselves. Every religion across the world has a stance on a vast range of ultimate questions, including “What happens after we die?” The Jewish view of death and belief in the afterlife has been significantly influenced by Israelite history as it clarifies the value of life ingrained in the covenantal relationship with G_d. Despite this shared history, a diverse range of…

Before Zoroastrianism was introduced to Persia, Persian Religion was very nature oriented and polytheistic with Ahuramazda being considered the chief god. The Persians generally allowed their subjects to continue their own religion. That is why the ideas of a person named Zoroaster were able to spread so easily around 600 B.C.E. We are uncertain about the dates and history of Zoroaster himself, but we know he was a thinker and preacher. Zoroaster is credited as the author of a set of religious…

Imagine living in a room the size of a closet, without your family , spending every day living in silence and in fear that you might be discovered. For many that was their life everyday while hiding but there were also many problems for both Jews in hiding as well as those who hid them. Many Jews were saved during the Holocaust because of non-Jews willing to risk their lives but Jew and non-Jews had many problems they faced during and after the war. The decision of going into hiding or…