What do you think are the key issues at stake in the discussion within the Jewish world over whether the modern State of Israel should be understood as a state for Jews or a Jewish state? Is it posbbile for it both to be a ‘Jewish and Democratic state’. The two main viewpoints are split between those of the secular Zionists that believe the Jews have a right to self determination‚ and therefore need a safe haven to be protected from damaging anti semitic attacks that can cause many attrocities
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World War II was a horrific war‚ many guns and new strategies and weapons were created‚ for example the nuclear bombs. World War II started when dictators rose to power in some countries‚ for example Adolf Hitler (Germany´s dictator)Germany wasn´t satisfied because they were the only country that was being punished for taking part of World War I and paying for the Treaty of Versailles. Some of the main causes of World War II were when Great Britain and France declared war on Germany for invading
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March 28‚ 2010 Western Civ. 102 World War I and World War II had a profound effect on many people living during those time periods. During World War I and World War II thousands lost their lives fighting for their respective countries. Men played a crucial part in fighting for their countries on the war front‚ but on the home front women played a crucial part also. During both World War I and World War II‚ women were called on to do work and take on major roles that
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At the outbreak of World War II in 1939‚ Switzerland immediately began to mobilize for a possible invasion. The entire country was fully mobilized in only three days. The Swiss government began to fortify positions throughout the country.[citation needed] In the course of the war‚ detailed invasion plans were drawn up by the German military command‚[7] such as Operation Tannenbaum‚ but Switzerland was never attacked. Switzerland was able to remain independent through a combination of military deterrence
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they feel or what they truly think. The hostility and prejudice toward the Jewish culture is what we know as antiSemitism. Throughout history antiSemitism This practice still exists today. The definition of antiSemitism is: hostility to or prejudice against Jews. AntiSemitism started a long time ago; however ‚ in the biblical period is where it mainly took off. Jesus of Nazareth was Jewish and his childhood consisted of mainly Jewish cultures. One of the earliest records of antiSemitism was recorded in the bible in
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World War II started as an act of hatred directed towards the Jewish people. Since the leader of Nazi Germany‚ Adolf Hitler‚ blamed them for Germany’s loss during World War I and for the economic crisis they were having. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1‚ 1939 and claimed he did this for Lebensraum Living space for German people even though it was because he wanted to kill Jewish people. After this mistake‚ war was declared on Nazi Germany and the Axis powers to win what was considered‚ the war
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ARAB ISRAEL WAR (06 Oct -– 24 Oct 73) General 1. The war between the Arabs and the Israel which broke out in the Middle East on 6 Oct‚ 1973 is known to the Arabs as the War of Ramadan to the Israelis as the Yom Kippur War and generally to the others in the West as the Oct war. The Arabs tried to regain their territories lost in the earlier wars against Israel. After the defeat of 1956 war Egypt was helped by the Soviet Union and began to rebuild her armed forces from the grd up. Conti for six
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Abuse in the Orthodox Jewish Community One of the biggest issues affecting the Orthodox Jewish Community both today and in the past is domestic violence. The issue of domestic violence in these communities’ effects not only women‚ but the abuse also extends down into children and it is something that impacts their lives both now and in their futures forever. The issue of violence is more severe in these communities because many of the wives and children stay with their abuser or do not inform
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for everyone to move on with their lives since those crimes are historical events‚ which are meaningless to remember now. They feel that this is particularly true for the younger generation who feel detached from such occurrence. Take the younger Jewish Americans for example‚ who maintain a neutral stand towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However‚ these people are only making generalisations. Do you think victims can forget these pained incidents that easily? Alexander Pope once said “to
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The Holocaust had a tremendous role in World War II. It was a mass murder of six million Jews‚ Gypsies‚ and homosexuals. However‚ the main people who were captured‚ persecuted‚ or turned into workers were the Jews. Adolf Hitler‚ the third reich at the time‚ thought that the Jews were a subordinate race and a threat to Germany’s racial community. Hitler believed that the other races didn’t harmonize with the Germans. The Holocaust began in 1933‚ the idea of the persecution of the Jews happened well
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