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    For instance there were four specific periods in Jewish history. The Persian Period (ca. 537-332 BCE) in which the Jewish nation was ruled by high priests with minimal interference from Persian Kings. The Hellenistic Period (ca. 332-1678 BCE) which was a “reign of terror” for the Jews because they were harshly punished under the Antiochus IV Epiphanes‚ who wanted to exterminate the Jewish religion. During the Hasmonean Period (167-63 BCE) Jewish rebels‚ known as the “Maccabees” led a revolt against

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    Jacobo Rayek English 12D Jewish Migration enforced by the growth of anti-Semitism. The continual growth of anti-Semitism has obligated the Jews to be placed everywhere in the world. Moving entire populations just because of the hate of their rulers. In order to understand this movement we will have to look into three events during history‚ the edict of expulsion of the Jews from Spain‚ the pogroms made by the Russian empire and of course the migration made by the Jews before‚ during

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    Sandra Berbari Men‚ women and schools of thought have reformed and/or revitalized the Jewish tradition. How well does this statement reflect the impact on Judaism of ONE significant person or school of thought? Moses Maimonides was born in Cordoba Spain‚ in 1135. At the age of 13‚ he and his family were forced to move out of Spain due to Muslims invading the area. They made it to Palestine but couldn’t live there because of the Crusades at the time. During Maimonides’ journey he was taught

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    matter what anyone thinks. Danny was brought up in a Jewish background but he rebelled against his own religion because he didn’t believe in the beliefs of the Jews. When Danny was a child he began to rebel against his own religion because he felt that the Jews had deserved their punishment in the Holocaust. Danny joined groups that hated the Jews. One of Danny’s goals wasto influence people to hate the Jews as he did. His main goal was to “Kill Jewish People”. He had very strong beliefs from a young

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    The first time I know about Jewish was from the history class. At that time‚ my Chinese teacher told me that Jewish were persecuted by Nazis during the Second World War‚ and the reason is because the ruler of Nazi-Hitler hated Jewish. From the video and books‚ there are many pictures about how Nazi persecuted Jewish such as the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. However‚ there always is a mystery puzzled me‚ why were Jewish persecuted by Nazi? From the videos which are talking about the Second World War

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    Dehumanization of the Jewish People in Night In Elie Wiesel’s Night‚ imagery is employed to show the dehumanization of the Jewish people by the Nazis as the Jews develop the “survival of the fittest” mentality‚ and as Eliezer looses the ability to express emotions. Wiesel uses imagery of the Jews’ “survival of the fittest” mentality to show the dehumanization of the Jews who are forced to endure treacherous conditions in the concentration camps. The enslaved Jews experience the worst forms

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    The celebration of Sukkot is the Jewish festival of rejoicing. Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert‚ living in temporary shelters. Ushpizin takes place during this festival. There are customs seen in the movie such as gemah meaning acts of kindness‚ the waving of the four species‚ and the shtreimel; a circular fur hat made of fox tails that are worn on the Sabbath or holidays. There are three major traditions associated with Sukkot

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    A. Briefly explain the significance of your celebration (historical events/key themes) Yom HaShoah‚ or Holocaust Remembrance Day‚ is a very important Jewish Holiday. It’s their day of morning the victims and reflecting on the events that took place during the holocaust (January 30‚ 1933 - May 8‚ 1945). Yom HaShoah gives them a chance to get together as a community or with their families to remember and pay respect to the 6 000 000 Jews who died. Mourning‚ respect‚ and remembrance are defiantly

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    rights and also suffered sexual abuse. The United States once denied to serve a helping hand to the Jewish refugees‚ in 1939 the ship St. Louis carrying jewish refugees from Germany‚ was turned away by many other countries including the United States. According to “ The Voyage of the St. Louis” ( document 10) it showed the distress and guilty of the Government action of denying the help to the jewish refugees‚ the resident of richmond Virginia had quoted “ The failure to take any steps whatsoever to

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    According to legend‚ the Jews had went up against the Greek-Syrians in the assassin Revolt and won the Temple back. It begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar or somewhere in November or December in our calendar. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is one of Judaism’s holiest days. On the Hebrew calendar‚ the festival starts on the first day of Tishrei‚ the seventh month. On our calendar‚ it falls during September or October. Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Days of Awe;

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