Insurgency in Ancient Times: The Jewish Revolts Against the Seleucid and Roman Empires‚ 166 BC-73 AD A Monograph by LTC William T. Sorrells U. S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies United States Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth‚ Kansas AY 04-05 Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 2. REPORT DATE Form Approved OMB No. 074-0188 Public reporting burden
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Modern Jewish History Readings “ A Girl wasn’t much” - Eastern European women had paradoxical roles. Homemaker but responsible for economics of the family - Women’s work was considered to be important‚ but as a sex they are inferior - Allowed them to work outside of the home‚ but their massive amount of responsibilities limited them from pursuing higher education - Breadwinners partners in the family‚ second class citizens in the larger society - Not foreign to workplace when came to America
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In his essay “Solution to the Jewish Question” Theodore Herzl puts forward the thesis that a political solution‚ in the form of the creation of a Jewish national state‚ is necessary to resolve what he deems the “Jewish Question (Herzl‚ pg. 424).” Herzl elaborates on a prominent phenomena that prompts our attention‚ in which he dubs the profound barbarism of our day‚ mainly known as anti-Semitism. Herzl believes that the Jewish question still exists today and to think otherwise is obscene. Persecution
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Jews gather together for a number of important holidays (sacred becoming a community). The holidays‚ festivals‚ and the Sabbath offer Jewish people a chance to set aside sacred time‚ (prayer and ritual). Almost the whole of Jewish history and teaching is embodied in its holidays/festivals -- in which traditions are passed from one generation to the next by means of stories‚ actions‚ symbolic food‚ and singing. Most festival celebrations are based on the home and family‚ with the events of the past
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Jewish Festivals 1. Rosh Hashanah-Jewish New Year Date: The first and second days of Tishri Reasons: The Jewish New Year is a time to begin self-examination‚ looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year. The Bible refers to the holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25. No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent
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Jewish Ghettos If you where to take a trip back to Germany in 1939-1944 you would expect to see the holocaust‚ you would but there is a more overlooked event. This event was called ghettos‚ these ghettos where basically a neighborhood in a city with a high Jewish population that was turned into a place where the nazis could separate the Jews away form normal society and treated terribly. The Jewish people that where held in these ghettos could have been held in them for weeks or years. The ghettos
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Alison Rose. Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna. Jewish History‚ Life‚ and Culture Series. Austin: University of Texas Press‚ 2008. xi + 314 pp. $60.00 (cloth)‚ ISBN 978-0-292-71861-6. Reviewed by Megan Brandow-Faller (Georgetown University) Published on HABSBURG (November‚ 2009) Commissioned by Jonathan Kwan Between Shtetl and Salon: Jewish Women in Vienna 1900 Alison Rose’s pioneering monograph Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna charts new territory on the familiar waters of Vienna 1900
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Synagogue Report Shabbat is the Jewish Sabbath. It is a day of rest and spiritual enrichment that occurs every Friday evening just before sundown until an hour after sundown on Saturday evening. In observance of Shabbat‚ Jews are to refrain from all work and focus their attention on the holy day. Shabbat is observed Friday evening until Saturday evening because it is written in Genesis that on the 7th day of creation‚ God rested. This day is a day of rest‚ peace and prayer. Shabbat services
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Michelle Arnold Introduction to Judaism Monday & Wednesday 9-12 When I visited my first Jewish synagogue‚ I expected it to be very different. My previous experience with religious ceremonies was limited to a few visits to Baptist churches. The most surprising thing for me at this one was‚ oddly enough‚ its similarity to Christian services and rituals. I went into the religious visit expecting an enormous difference in the customs and perhaps even in the attitudes of the people attending
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Jewish immigrants always seemed to be the outsiders struggling to survive physically in other countries. Even in the United States‚ they are treated like outsiders more than any other white ethnic group. Jewish immigrants weren’t satisfied with the lack of the opportunities that was presented in their countries and they began to migrate to the United States in the 1600s. However‚ anti-Semitism had arisen in the United States. There were openly anti-Semitism organizations and violent acts toward the
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