Who is a Jew?

eliminating Jews, gypsies, Poles, Slavs, handicapped, homosexuals, communists, and socialists to ensure the rise of a strong German nation. Hitler’s “master race” included people who were considered strong, with the ideal person being tall, blonde, and blue eyes. He also used the preexisting antisemitism that already existed in Germany to get people to follow him. Some laws for the Canonical (Church) Laws from 306-1431 correspond with Nazi laws that were put in place that would exclude Jews from…

the physical ruins of the second temple. It means appreciating Jewish heritage and learning from the Jewish people who lived before you. The destruction of the second temple represented a turning point for Jews, they could either adapt to the changing world around them or attempt to maintain what they had been doing since the canonization of the Torah. Through the destruction, Jews were able to persevere and adapt while keeping the same basic structural values and ideals present while the second…

As I watched the movie “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” directed by Mark Herman released on November 7, 2008 was about an incident that was happening during World War II. This movie was about a family who was moving from Berlin to Poland because the father Ralf was a Nazi soldier who had to move to a new house near a concentration camp with his family where he has now become a commandant. Bruno his son an 8 year old boy is very sad about moving to this new place and feels lonely so he wonders…

rulers. It happened in Rome, when all the Jews came with their petitions not to force them to make them disobey and disrupt their family code. The Roman people did not think of the people as threatening people. In 65, over 2,700,000 men took part in the Passover celebration in Jerusalem. In 66 Rome first entered battle trying the force the Jews to reinstate Temple sacrifices offered on behalf of the leader. Josephus blamed the Roman leaders and lower-class Jews for the revolt. The second Jewish…

Anti-Semitism in its broadest form is the “hatred of Jews” (Beller, 1). However, there several forms of Anti-Semitism. From racist beliefs to religious reasons, there are many ways an Anti-Semite can “justify” their hatred for Jews. Although, these arguments all have the underlying message of the dangers of the Jews, each one has a different reason or approach to their anti-Semitism. Unsurprisingly, these arguments speak to the historical events and issues of the time, such as the Enlightenment…

Though the pain and struggling that Elie Wiesel and his fellow jews had to overcome (including his own family); the American resistance had finally come to their rescue and the Nazis had been overcome. In this book, Elie share the experiences at the concentration camps him and his family had to go through .(where the jews retained captive). For Elie, he was the only survivor in his family of the Holocaust and he would be scarred for life and would lose his will to believe there was even a god.…

birthrates, and the differences between the Jewish denominations. According to the Pew survey, around 2,100,000 American people who are of a Jewish parent who has intermarried do not identify as Jewish. Another issue is the falling birthrates. A major component of this is the fact that any people are “coupling off” during or after prime childbearing years. For non-Orthodox Jews, the fertility rate is about 1.7 children, while the replacement rate is 2.1. It has also been found that Jewish…

In society today, the world see people who are in power, stay in power due to economical benefits and their color of their skin. Since the dawn of time, there always have been people being oppressed by the more powerful. Such as the Nazis to the Jews and the Bourgeoisie to the Proletariat. The oppressed are the ponds on the chessboard because they are used and disposed. But in the end, the pond could be the defining factor of who becomes the queen. While the helpless have no money, they have the…

Holocaust Courage, sacrifice, discipline, memorization, and detail are only some of the words to describe people that risked their lives for Jews. Many of them were Christians who came from every religious background: Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Muslim. (USHMM Rescue) Sometimes one individual would take on the risk of providing for the Jews they wanted to hide. Rescuers played a key role in the Holocaust, but they did face many challenges, risk being caught, and some even lived…

creator’s wants. The Nazis used propaganda against the Jews. The Nazis tried to break the jews emotionally and mentally with propaganda and they made people’s aspects of jews changed. That change did not benefit the jews and just caused a further division from the world with the Jews.…