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    Being the Outsiders Jews only make up 1.8% of the population in the United States, which is about 5.4 million people. Of that 5.4 million people 4.3 million of them live in major metropolitan areas like New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. That leaves 1.1 million Jews living scattered throughout the US forming their own small communities wherever they have settled. I am one of these scattered Jews. I was born in Pasadena, California so I started life as a Hollywood Jew, but at the age of 3 my

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    Causes Of The Holocaust

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    deeply seated antisemitism, Hitler and Nazism, and a public of compliant bystanders and collaborators. As opposed to common belief, the stem of anti-semitism began before Hitler’s time. There had been a long time of hostility and hatred toward Jewish people. Originating as far back as the ancient times, Roman authorities forced the Jewish people out of Palestine and destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides articles on antisemitism from the early

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    horrors of the Holocaust. The Jews have been hated amongst many religions like Christianity and Islam for reasons that are still debated on til this day. Anti-Semitism did not become so popular until the killing of Jesus. People center the idea of antisemitism with the Holocaust and Hitler's influence to make it happen but hatred towards the Jewish people has existed since the middle ages. The Christian Church The Jewish people did not receive blame for the killing of Jesus until centuries later after

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    Surely one of the greatest ironies of human condition is that color and culture, source of our greatest pride, are also traits that so often foment hatred and propel us into war. There are different causes for discrimination upon different races and biological-ethnical differences. One of these forms is called Anti-Semitism. Anti- Semitism has been a problem in this world for many, many years. Acts are appearing everywhere in this world. Anti-Semitism is not well understood… Around after the Holocaust

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    others from foreign countries. From the Great Depression to the almost “Great Recession”, and the isolation America wanted from other countries to the Muslim Ban that recently had been implemented here within the U.S. Where Nazi Antisemitism and the American Antisemitism that occurs here on a daily basis towards other religious communities and cultures. The real question that needs to be asked is, what can America, and the people of America, do to prevent something like the Holocaust from ever happening

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    The Holocaust: A Persuasive Essay There were about 500,000 living survivors of the Holocaust in 2014. It is vital for students to be taught about the Holocaust in school. The article, "combating" shows that the students need to be aware that the event did in fact happen. The article "Genocide" shows students what happens when hate against one group or culture becomes too much. Elie Wiesel's Night shows students an eyewitness account of how much violence, brutality, and abuse to the prisoners had

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    aftermaths so chaotic the Holocaust overall will remain as one of the most appalling historical events of all time. However, in the long run, the Holocaust laid the first stone for developing Jewish history to come by denouncing Europe’s views of antisemitism. Initially, The Treaty of Versailles ended the Great War, but more importantly it was largely stacked against the Germans. The Germans had lost

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    Nowadays, Canada is a multicultural country. Canada has always been an accepting and welcoming society. But in the 19th century, Canada had a lengthy and horrible antisemitism history. Canada prides itself on the Charter of Human Rights and Freedom but denied and were not willing to help the Jewish refugees. It is disturbing and shameful in Canadian history. In the context of the Great Depression, Canada already unable to help its own country, so the Canadian government was confused to have immigrants

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    influential causes of the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust is generally associated with its horrendous consequences and mounting death tolls, it actually “began with words and ideas: stereotypes, sinister cartoons, and the gradual spread of hate” ("Antisemitism in History"). These ideas existed long before the rise of Hitler, and throughout time and history, the Jewish people have served as a scapegoat for many of the world’s problems. Anti-semitic ideas can be traced all the way back to before the time

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    Balfour Declaration Dbq

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    Throughout the 1800’s to the mid-1900’s one problem restricted and threatened the Jewish race. Through trials, battles, immigration, and more the jews couldn’t catch a break. They were a despised people suffering due to an inability of the Jewish people to fully assimilate into other societies. This issue highlighted the political and cultural atmosphere and events throughout the time periods we studied. From beneath all the destruction and chaos occurring during this time period lies an important

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