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    Before World War II started 3.3 million Jews lived in Poland. This was the largest Jewish population in Europe and made Poland the largest Jewish community in the world (Jewish Virtual Library 1). In Son From America, Samuel comes back to Poland to a family who are very religious Jews. In the Jewish religion there are many important elements. It is clear through research of the Jewish religion and exploration of Isaac Singer’s short story, Son From America that the Sabbath is a very crucial element

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    Palestinian Conflict Research The Palestinian conflict came about because both Palestinians and the Israelis wanted to own the land for themselves and dictate what happens to it. It all started with Israelis getting away from the persecution in Europe wanting to inaugurate a national homeland in what used to be called the Arab, Muslim territory. The Arabs did not want to give their land because they believe that land is rightfully theirs. They do not want to give back the land that they were living

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    In the Bible there is a story about a cruel and hateful man named Saul. He would track down and kill anyone belonging to the then-new Christian faith, and he hated anything to do with Jesus. He would put both men and women into prison, and he was responsible for approving the stoning of one of the seven disciples told to go out and tell people about Jesus, Stephen. And he is probably one of the most classic examples of redemption known to Western-Christian civilization. To put his long story concisely

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    “Background/Causes of The Holocaust” At the beginning almost everything was terrible everything went downhill and no one could stop it. The committee was “Intended to be the expression of a memory that is committed to improving the world. Its function is to reassert the witness of those who were killed and those who went before us that life is meaningful and the world will yet be redeemed”. Numerous problems started to happen to innocent people. It all started to arise Nov. 9, 1938. A riot was plotted

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    East over the past century is rooted in two main sources, according to Kitchen (2012). One, is “a hegemonic interest in secure and stable oil markets (Kitchen 2012, pg. 53),” while the second is “an overarching ideological commitment to the state of Israel that is reinforced by significant domestic pressures (Kitchen 2012, pg. 53).” Of the United States main points of relations with some of these Arab countries is the importation and trade of Arab oil. With the Middle East and North Africa having large

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    Wiesel once said, “…I swore never to be silent whenever wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim” (Wiesel par. 9). The inspiring man known as Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928 in Sighet, Romania. He was declared chairman of “The President’s Commission on the Holocaust”. Wiesel earned the reputation of “world’s leading spokesman on the Holocaust” because of his extensive discussions about the Holocaust and

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    Orthodox Jewish Population Why I choose the Jewish culture as my topic The topic I choose for my topic was the Orthodox Jewish population. I choose this topic for the reason that, I really do not know that much about the Jewish culture. With that being said I am interested in knowing how they deal with a crisis, or what their belief system is when it comes to seeking help outside of their community. My objective is to identify the barriers, institutional and personal, that must be overcome before

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    Vladek’s Double Personality "It was crying and praying. So long we survived. And now we waited only that they shoot, because we had not else to do" (267). This quote from the end of the novel ironically describes what the Jewish people endured after the concentration camps. Vladek Spieglman among other suffered through traumatic experiences; though Vladek certainly did survive the holocaust, old Vladek did not. Post-Holocaust it is revealed by Spieglman that his father, Vladek, develops two personalities—before

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    Hope Being born as an Arab minority in Nazareth, Israel made me experience different events and feelings in at an early age that I will never forget forget until this day. Every time I would go for a trip outside Nazareth to a near non-Arab cities with my school I would feel the tension and the specious eyes on me and my classmates as if we did something wrong, because we spoke little Hebrew due to our age and Hebrew being our second language and Arabic is the first language. Therefore, communicating

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    What determines a great leader isn’t whether they are good or bad but, it is either they could get many people who could follow in their beliefs. Adolf Hitler was a dictator in Germany and was the leader of the Nazi Army of the Third Reich. He had many people to follow his ideas because of how persuasive he is, the ambitions he had and how persistance he is. Adolf Hitler had a way with his words, he made the people of his country to follow his idea of how Germany can come back to power

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