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The Bauhaus school was founded in Weimar by the German architect Walter Gropius in 1919 with a modern agenda that included the unification of the arts and the elimination of the distinction between artist and craftsperson. In an essay on the Bauhaus written in 1923, Gropius acknowledged the sources that shaped the foundation of the Bauhaus school, sources which included William Morris and John Ruskin in England, Henry Van der Velde in Belgium, as well as Peter Behrens and the Deutsche Werkbund…

Twenty First Century Terrorism With the horror of the 9/11 attacks against the United States, the nation has become much more aware of the role of our government plays in averting crisis such as this both at home and abroad. The global crackdown on terrorism has effectively deterred organizations from launching large scale attacks on the US. But a another component of the terror threat is emerging. Even though the US has contributed greatly to the success of counter terrorism, the terrorists…

People are not aware that these problems still exist in the country of Israel. This is a society where men and women are on two different spectrums. Everyone in the society of Israel should be treated equally. Michal L. Allon is a professor at Tel Aviv University, he explains his findings on Middle Eastern society at…

n December 14, 1967, the poet Yehiel Perlmuter (1904 – 92), better known by his adopted Hebrew name Avot Yeshurun, gave an address titled “Ha-sifrut ha-ivrit ta’aroch et ha-tfila” (“Hebrew Literature Will Recite the Prayer”) on the occasion of receiving the Brenner Prize. In his speech, he said the following about his relations with Yiddish: That Yiddish has begun to come to you when you dream and when you are awake, because it became known to her that you are determined not to speak it,…

Under what circumstances should national security hold greater importance than human rights? In order to mitigate the direct threat of terrorist acts, what policies should democratic nations enact? Both civil society and political leaders seek to answer these philosophical questions – especially during times of war – in an effort to reach moral clarity. Issues surrounding torture are controversial and extremely emotional, therefore most individuals may avoid taking a position. American-born film…

Operation Desert Storm was created to liberate Kuwait as compared to Operation Desert Shield which protected Saudi Arabia from Iraqi attack. On January 17 at 3am (Iraqi time) Operation Desert would start with a massive air and missile attack on targets within Iraq and Kuwait. Colonel David Deptula (who is in charge of target planning for the army) said “Imagine Iraq like a human body. What happens if you take away somebody ability to think or communicate with the rest of the body? What happens…

Rachel Samuels 001665731 HIST 1390 Professor Burds Israeli Espionage Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars examines the history and exploits of Israeli intelligence from the country’s founding in 1948 to today. Instead of moving through the history chronologically, the book looks at the history through various stories and examples of intelligence successes and failures. The book also gives insight into the other major and minor organizations that play key roles in providing…

He was playing to the evangelicals in the crowd. The insincerity was dripping from every pore of this man’s body language. Of course, the main writer of “The Art of the Deal”, Brian Schwartz, said that if he were to write the book all over again, he’d title it, “The Sociopath”. What? You thought Trump wrote the book? I would never “personally” say Trump didn’t write it but I hear some are sayin’… (Trump tactic in play). Verse 26 has the Antichrist “coming to his end” as the kingdom is handed…

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict of 1947 is an on-going conflict between the two middle-eastern countries of Israel and Palestine. After the end of World War II, the Jewish people were displaced as were the Palestinians, but before World War II the Ottoman Empire devoured most of the land-now known as the Middle-East this land had been divided among the Islamic people who already inhabited the lands. The Jewish people had no place to go, having been dehumanized for centuries within Europe and…

Within all the short stories compiled to make up Ayelet Tsabari’s collected work, The Best Place on Earth, violence is consistently present. Naturally, the conflict which has, and currently still creates strife in Israel leads to the inclusion of violence in her stories. Whether the characters presently live in Israel, or have moved on from the region, the chaos from the country is incorporated into their lives. Tsabari was born in Israel, and is all too familiar with the horrors the wars have…