Zionism

The U.S. Constitution was written to govern the country by men, some of whom came to these shores with religious dedication but others were not so. To keep the country from being overtaken by any particular religion or by the rules of law of other countries like England, the Constitution was written to accommodate both interests, freedom to practice religion but also separation of religion and government. Churches, such as the Catholic Church or the Church of England, are powerful governing…

Imagine waking up early on a Sunday morning and getting dressed for church, going downstairs to make breakfast. After breakfast the walk to church begins, seeing as it is just down the road from home. The September air is crisp and a little cold, and the sweater you put on has proved useful. Shoes crunch against the dirt road beneath them, the sound amplifying as neighbours begin their walks as well. Even from across the field people are walking in the direction of the church. Entering mass, the…

For over 2,000 years, Jewish people have established amongst many places with different cultures, such as Iran, Israel, western Mediterranean, North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Their roots come from the Middle East, especially Israel. The population of Israel has a mixture of native-born Jews, Arabs, and Jewish immigrants. Arabs is the largest group which in 2007 were 1,400,000 people, which accounted for approximately 20% of the population in this country (Ben-Arye, Lev, Keshet, & Schiff…

Uriel Abulof is a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University and a senior research fellow at Princeton University. Abulof’s The Mortality and Morality of Nations is the one of the recent books that Abulof has published dealing with the political morality of nations and how small nations arise and transcend to exist as a nation. The book consist of five chapters and it is split into an introduction in which he states his clear and straightforward trajectory in addressing to explicate how…

The novel The Chosen by Chaim Potok provides readers a view of late and post-World War II New York City. This view is presented in a historical fiction that chronicles the unlikely friendship of two very different Jewish boys. In his book Chaim Potok tells us of the formation, friendship, and hardships between the Hasidic raised, Danny Saunders and the Orthodox raised, Zionist, Reuven Malter. Potok’s story serves to both give an interesting story of a friendship, as well as inform us about the…

Syria, neighbors the countries, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea. Muslim population exceeds 86 percent of the people. Today, the ancient language of Aramaic is still the most spoken. Islamic faith is the most dominant religion throughout the region, with Christianity second. The Syrian society revolves around the centralization of not only religion but family. The Constitution states that the President and Republic to protect its homeland. Relations between…

The Conflict of Land in the Middle East Ever since 1300 CE, land has been an issue in the Middle East because of recurring fighting. The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire caused conflict because of the separation of religious and ethnic groups. Correspondingly, Israel has been fighting for their rights against Palestinians. Altogether, the Middle East has experienced a very disastrous history full of fights and war. The Middle East, a highly diverse and controversial region, comprises of a…

On an asphalt baseball field in Brooklyn, two teams from local Yeshivah schools meet. At first, it just seems like a baseball game between two Jewish high school teams. But the game quickly turns into a holy war when the caftan and ear lock wearing Hasidic team begins to taunt and bully the less conservative “hell-bound sinners” on the other team. Hate boils as Danny Saunders, the leader of the Hasidic team, purposely hits a pitch right back at the pitcher, crushing his glasses and landing him…

Primary Source Analysis #2: Jewish Needs VS. Arab Claims by Vladimir Jabotinsky The Zionist believed that the Jewish people could have their own nation. They followed the Basel program which took place in the Basel Municipal Casino on August 29, 1897. According to the Jewish Virtual Library a Project of AICE, the first Zionistic congress was enforced by Theodor Herzl. In this meeting they discussed the World Zionist Organization and the declaration for the Basel program. Zionist clearly…

The 1950s were a time wrought with anxiety about Communism and those who committed actions that were seen as “un-American.” The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated average citizens who were thought to have Communist affiliations, but they frequently went after those in the entertainment industry. In addition to those in the entertainment industry, Jewish people found themselves targeted by other Americans. At this time around 50 to 60 anti-Semitic groups existed and Jewish…