How Does Israel Culture Shape The American Culture

The economy of Israel is based on market system, and it ranks 16th among 187 nations on the UN’s Human Development Index, which means highly developed economy (Central Intelligence Agency, 2014). Outstandingly, Israel has developed human resources very well due to the fact that the nation has limited natural resources; as a result, it has established remarkably advanced high-tech industry including electronics, telecommunications, and computer and information technology. Not only high-tech industry, the nation has also invested decent amount of resources in agricultural industry and cultivation of land in order to maintain self-sufficiency in food consumption, which was boosted by significant population increase. As export-oriented fields, Israel has specialty in diamond processing, jewelry manufacturing and flower cultivation. Furthermore, the major export products of the nation are computer software, military equipment, and chemical products; on the other hand, crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment are major import items of Israel (CountryWatch, Inc, 2013).

The National Museum of American Jewish History officially opened its doors Friday, November 26th, 2010. According to their website, the NMAJH exists to recount the story of how the Jews who migrated to America from around the world became today’s Jewish Americans(CITED).

There are many things in common between the USA and Israel. An example would be that the USA’s Life expectancy at birth is 79.8 years, while Israel's Life expectancy at birth is 82.4. I think that number is close enough for them to be similar. Another example would be the Infant mortality rate. The USA’s Infant mortality rate is 5.8/1000, while Israel’s Infant mortality rate is 3.5/1000. Also, another example would be the country's Literacy Rate. The USA’s literacy rate is 99%, while Israel’s is 97.8%. The countries also have some differences, like the countries GDP Per Capita. The USA’s is $57,000, but Israel’s is $35,200. Another example of difference would be the country's Population Between Poverty Line. The USA’s PBPL

With the productive base increasingly diversified and structural reforms ongoing, steady growth has averaged over 3 persent annually over the past five years. Economic competitiveness has benn anchored in strong protection of property rights and other things. Trade is important to Israel because Israel's economy; the value of exports and imports taken together equals 59 percent of GDP. The labor market needs more flexibility to accommodate the rapidly transforming economy, but the nonsalary cost of employing a worker is relatively slow.

In America, people of a religious background tend to follow one of the five major religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Although, numerous people are Jewish I have never received the privilege to encounter someone who’s religion is Judaism. My question is if Judaism is listed as one of most popular religions in America, why have I not had the fortuity to meet a religious Jew? I’ve met others whom are Christian, Catholic, Jehovah’s Witness, and Muslim, so to me Jews are a minority. I decided to engage in Sabbath so that I become more educated about Jewish beliefs, rituals, and culture. Being that I have only attended Christian worship services I figured participating in a Shabbat service would be a new and interesting.

Ancient Israel, a land of prosperity and wealth, can attribute its success to one secret, their religion. That religion, Judaism, helped the Israelis create their great nation and survive for millions of years. Judaism and its people have been around for over four million years or ¾ of the history of civilized humanity. They have kept improving their society and religion until recently. In America, Jews have lost the old customs and religious practices that shaped Israel and continue to shape Israel. Jewish religious practice in America has declined due to an over exaggerated sense of religious duty, Reform Judaism, and Americanization.

After World War II, Israel fought to defend its existence, and they benefited from foreign aid. Most of the initial Israeli leaders were immigrants. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants immigrated to Israel, and with this came population growth and a variety of skills in business and manufacturing. Israel soon became one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. The Middle East region has probably suffered more rivalry and conflict than any other part of the world and in the early 2000's there was an escalation of violence in parts of the Middle East. Past tensions between Palestinians and Israelis fueled wider tensions, which helped engender wider efforts by Islamic terrorists.The Islamic region holds about 60% of the world's

The economy for the Jewish population is flourishing. This is due to a prosperous workforce and good education. More of the Jewish population are getting advanced degrees which helps them to create jobs by their expertise in their respected field. However, due to military conflict with other nations, billions of dollars have been used for defense material which can and will lead to a decline in the economy for Israel. There is also a large gap between the rich and poor in Israel. However, there is low unemployment and inflation which has helped Israel’s economy. The biggest challenge for Israel is the major gap between rich and poor. Overall, Jewish people in Israel have great opportunities for good education and jobs—even if that means going

“Israel must exist and has the right to exist, and is one of the great outposts of democracy in the world” - Martin Luther King. Israel is a beautiful, interesting, and historic place to live or travel. Israel has fascinating artifacts such as the Old City, the Western Wall, and huge temples. What makes Israel different from any other country is that Israel is very small, being only 20,770 km, but has 5 dissimilar climate zones. Israel has challenges, positive aspects, and some things that can't be controlled, and that's what makes Israel unique.

Israel was a creation of the Palestine complexity, which mainly had two components - Zionism and imperialism. During the process of decolonization it was only in Palestine a colonial settler state was established. The powers that were involved namely USA, UK and USSR not only failed to resolve the conflict but further established its ground by supporting the Jewish colonization and expulsion of Arabs from their own country, effecting the creation of a Zionist state.

The Israeli army, Israeli self-defense, is fierce. We are surrounded by enemies who day and night seek our destruction; we have no choice but to be better fighters. Our secret ingredient is our motivation, spirit, and necessity. We are a peace seeking nation. Every war this nation has fought was forced upon us. Each war is a war for existence and survival. We fight, therefore, we

Israel is today an industrialized country with most of its manufacturing, including many traditional fields, based on intensive and sophisticated research & development and hi-tech processes, tools, and machinery. This is the outcome of very rapid and intensive development. Their major GNP is 21.6 by industry branch and least being agriculture by 2.5. industrial branch includes 75% of countries exports. Israel is one of the most

Israeli Air Force has always played a vital role in all the wars between Israel and other nations, helping ground troops and destroying important targets in the enemy nations. Throughout its existence a lot of emphasis has been given to upgrades, new inclusions in the fleet and technological advancements in warfare, it was as early as 1970 that Israel introduced UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).

Despite economic prosperity, the Israeli economy faces many challenges, some are short term and some are long term challenges. On the short term its inability to duplicate its success in the telecommunication industry into other growing industries hampers its economic outlooks. Its inability to foster large multinational companies in the last decade also calls into question its ability

Israel received their independence in 1948, 69 years later they have surpassed more milestones than most countries do in 200 years. (Katz, 2017) Their history shows nothing but war and conflict all the way from the Biblical time frame to present day. Israel has gone from poverty to wealth in a brief duration of time. Israel’s Political, Military and Economic structures have developed tenfold in contrast to other countries that were established four times longer. Through Israel’s military, the government backing, and their ability to adapt economically, Israel is holding their enemies at bay and escalating to a superpower nation.