Berl Katzenelson's Attitude Towards Secularists

What is atheism? Why would someone be an atheist? Why do people fear and dislike atheism? Simply stated, atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods. Granted, atheists are each individuals and undoubtedly each of them prescribe [to] many different philosophies on life, politics and morality as do Christians. However, though atheists may choose to gather collectively for whatever purpose, unlike Christianity, atheism is not a belief system. An individual who identifies himself as an atheist is merely stating that he does not believe in [the existence of] god or gods. Atheism, as indicated by its name, is the opposite of theism which is belief in at least one god; to include polytheism (belief in many or more than one god) and monotheism

Fundamentalism is a strict adherence to a set of ideas or beliefs that are conservative in nature. It is a pejorative term usually associated with religious fanaticism. Usually, this is what comes to mind when there is mention of a fundamentalist. However, in Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist starring the protagonist Changez, a Pakistani Princetonian who is a top-ranked employee at a prestigious New York valuation firm, turns out not to be an Islamic fundamentalist, but a reluctant fundamentalist of US Capitalism. Hamid challenges readers to reevaluate their preconceived notions and prejudices of people different from themselves in post 9/11 America by employing the use of motifs, aphorism, and suspense, to create a conflation

Before the war started Solomon Radasky was living in a small town in Warsaw called Praga. “I had a very nice life there, I had my own shop. I used to make fur coats”(Radasky). The last week in January in 1941 his Mother and his older sister were killed. “One morning I was caught by the jewish police on the street and they forced me to keep the trains running and to keep the snow off the tracks, one day I was returning from work

What is Secular Humanism? It is humanism, with regard to the belief that humanity is capable of morality and self-fulfillment without belief in God. Christian worldviews are based on the bible, we believe that God created the all. Secular Humanist are critical thinkers, focused on modern beliefs without having any religious ties. “Many Christians and proponents of secular humanism share a commitment to reason, free inquiry, the separation of church and state, the ideal of freedom, and moral education; however, they differ in many areas. Secular humanists base their morality and ideas about justice on critical intelligence unaided by Scripture, which Christians rely on for knowledge concerning right and wrong, good and evil.” (3)

Elie Wiesel was a Jewish American born in Romania. His principles were influenced by being raised in a heavily religious and liberal family. In the 1940s, his own country forced his family to flee to the ghettos, and not long after, Wiesel, “a young Jewish boy from a small town,” was captured by Nazis, waking up to the perilous realization of “eternal infamy”(Wiesel). In April 1945, after enduring through starvation and punishment, he was finally liberated.

I have to admit that I had lost contact with my dear Jew friend, Aaron Bauer. It was unfortunate, but I sincerely believed that our decision was to lift each other’s burden and to protect this friendship. Integrating with one another had been a grave danger for both my wife and I, and Bauer understood our situations. I was no longer part of our secret Communist cell, for most of our Jewish members had dissolved into their separate ways following the aftermath of the Nuremberg Laws. Moreover, my wife and I had been busy with our full-time employment in the Volkswagen factory, for the KdF had promise us many trips and also the “People’s car.” There was time when I was excited about the KdF, but I immediately direct my thoughts to my Communists

Before World War II, Elie Wiesel led an ordinary life for a teenage Jew at

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Elie Wiesel also became a Judaic Studies professor in the New York City College. For his humanitarian work, Wiesel was appointed the Noble Peace Prize in 1986. Prior to this he was also named Chairman of the US Holocaust Memorial Council in 1978. Elie Wiesel, a war survivor, educator, humanitarian, and author lives till this day with his

Menachem Wolfovitch Begin was born on August 16, 1913 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland. He was prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. As a teenager, he was a part of the youth Zionist Revisionist movement, Betar, and at the age of 25, he became the leader of it. Later on, Russian authorities arrested Begin for being a Zionist and sent him to a Siberian labor camp because they believed him to be a “dangerous individual”. He was released in 1941 via an agreement between the Soviet Union and the Polish government, an agreement that also freed 1.5 million Poles. When World War II broke out, Begin was one of the 1,000 illegal immigrants that tried to cross the Romanian border on their way to Palestine. Unfortunately, the plan failed and Begin had

While there are many outstanding individuals discussed during the time period after 1957, I chose Menachem Begin, the Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 – 1983. Early in Begin’s life, he was inducted into the Zionist Movement through his father. Becoming a devoted member of Betar, a Zionist Revisionists Youth Movement as a teen, he also later headed the organization. During World War II, he had an opportunity to flee to Palestine with his wife, but gave up his ticket to a friend. He was captured by the Soviets and sent to a Siberian labor camp accused of being a Zionist spy. After being released he eventually went to work with the British as a translator with their Palestinian units. During this time or shortly thereafter, he became

    Before he became prime minister, he was a serious zionist, or someone who supports the movement of the recreation of a Jewish nation in Israel, and even joined a Zionist Revisionists’ youth movement, converting into their leader by the age of 25 years old. He even was imprisoned for supporting the Zionist movement and being a Zionist.

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Before Menachem was a peaceful man, he was part of the zionist movement when he was a teenager and later became a leader for that same movement.He

It is Changez’s shifting identity that creates the main interest and tension in the novel. Do you agree?