Zionism

Controversial Book Puts Judaism in the Hot Seat For the author, Judaism is not even free from spiritual and political machinations by a few individuals. Aerospace materials scientist Sami M. El-Soudani deeply studied the Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – for 20 years while authoring a great number of scientific papers. In his critical study of the three religions, he came to realize that the “search for God who demands our ‘faith in the unseen’ has been the most…

The devastating Arab-Israeli War commenced on Saturday, May 15. It escalated from a conflict between Israel and the Arab state for Palestine. Although Israel fought with no allies, there unstoppable military overcame the fearless Arab states. Because Israel won the war, they were officially recognized as a state and were able to gain land that had not been previously promised to them. Palestinians were forced out of their homes in a Catastrophe and till this day, many of those displaced were…

known as the most prominent religion, the coming and retreating of western imperialism where the presence of the western civilization caused many Arabs to unite to get rid of the imperialism, and the Palestinian and Israeli Conflict where the rise of Zionism caused the creation of Israel becoming a national Jewish state and the relocation of many…

socialist, capitalist, and religious Zionist to sit together in one hall and to bind themselves together into a single organization for a common purpose. This unity, is what made the Zionist project into a practical reality. Herzl became the symbol of Zionism. His picture dominates offices of the Israeli government and Zionist organizations. His name is commemorated in the names of towns, schools, and streets. Every fair sized town in Israel has a Herzl street. On the other hand, the picture…

for the establishment of the State of Israel. But can we assume that without Herzl, the Jewish state would not get up? Or we can assume that Herzl was just in the right place at the right time? First, we have to understand the origin of the word "Zionism" – which is the other name of Jerusalem in the Bible. The modern term coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890, to describe the movement of "Lovers of Zion" (חובבי ציון). Later, when Birnbaum attended the First Zionist Congress, Herzl took the name…

During the novel dawn, it is clear to see the tactics Gad used on Elisha the moment he first sees him which is important because the way that Gad manages to persuade Elisha to join his movement affects the entire plot. As Elisha first meets Gad, he tends to get brainwashed by the way he speaks as a messiah. As Gad says, “ From now on you will no longer be humiliated, persecuted, or even pitied.” (Wiesel, 18) This technique allows Elisha to at first feel as if he belongs, but also…

nationalism is now known as Zionism, its origins stem from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. There are many political and social actions that created a foundation for Zionism. Most notably three stand out the most, the first being Dreyfus Affair of 1894, secondly the atrocities committed by the autocratic eastern Empires in 1881, and lastly the political influence of Theodore Herzl in 1896. As these European political and historical events were the foundation of Zionism, however they were not…

a topic focused on around the world for both the justifications of its making, along with the repercussions of its founding. The bringing forth and creation of Israel, along with the consequences of its making can be linked to the Jewish want for Zionism, the interaction of international groups of influence, conflicts between the people in and out of its borders, and the anti-Semitic relationships…

known as the Diaspora. Many people in the world held anti-Semitism beliefs and did not tolerate Jews, going as far as attempted extinction in the Holocaust. Thus, Zionism, the belief that Jews should live in a separate Jewish state, became popular. During WWI, the British Balfour Declaration publicly announced the British support of Zionism, but at the same time, the British also promised the Arabs the right to create an Arab state should they revolt against the Ottoman Empire (Rosenberg). After…

102). This signified a huge shift in the thinking and views of the Zionist movement. No longer was the possibility of a bi-nationalist state up for auction, but only the singular nation of Israel. Troen further entertains the notion that the boom of Zionism in the early 1900’s along with the “Balfour Declaration of 1917” lead to the creation of Israel (105). Blanche arrives at the same conclusion as he declares, “that Lord Balfour, formally recognized the Zionist organization’s plan for ‘a…