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    When it comes to Zionism, it is the belief that the Jews constitute a nation and that they deserve the rights of other such groups, including the freedom to return to what they consider their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel. When it comes to Political Zionism, it is the belief that Jews should form and maintain a state for themselves. Every Jew does not consider themselves a Zionist; some identify solely with the countries where they are citizens, reject altogether the idea of nationalism

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    Land of Israel (the “Holy Land”). The movement was emerged in the end of the 19th century in Europe. Over time, different Zionism ideological movements was raised, but all of them considered Theodor Herzl as the founder of the Zionist movement. The ancient main goal of all the Zionist movements, as Herzl partly imposed in his book, “The Jewish State”, was to create the desired Jewish sovereignty in the state of Israel, ingathering of the exiles, and saw it as a solution of the anti-semitic discrimination

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    reaches the saturation point, that country reacts against them, this reaction is a universal social and economic reaction to Jewish immigration, and we cannot shake it off.” The author also uses Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement’s, writings to back up his thoughts on anti-Semitism, “Herzl explained that anti-Semitism is not an aberration or a “disease,” but rather a natural response by non-Jews to alien Jewish behavior and attitudes.” Although the author continues to support his

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    Orthodox Jews believed that only God could send them to their home. After many conflicts with Jews trying to join society and being rejected Theoder Herzl started the movement of Zionism. This is considered to be the second root and cause Zionism to also become secular. Many Jews do not believe in Zionism because they see it as a political move. Theoder Herzl wanted secular Jews to have a place called

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    A philosopher who applied Friedrich Nietzsche’s work to his own was Theodore Herzl. He was born on May 2, 1860 and studied at the University of Vienna. Theodore Herzl developed the Zionist Philosophy. This philosophy included Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideas about war, honor, and state craft. The philosophy was created to explain what the future of a Jewish state would hold. Both Friedrich Nietzsche and Theodore Herzl did not believe in a higher power or God (Influence and reception,

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    Lady And The Peddler

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    In S. Y. Agon’s story “The Lady and the Peddler,” A Jewish peddler named Joseph roams through an unknown forest, but stops at the house of a woman, living alone, to sell some of his wares. After he leaves her house, Joseph gets caught in terrible weather and returns to the woman’s house to see if he could stay there until the storm is over. Helen, the homeowner, eventually accepts him in her house, and in exchange, Joseph makes small repairs around the house. Joseph ends up staying there through

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    Israelis and believe they should have Israel back. They should have it back because one, the birthplace of most Jewish people was in Israel, two, the Jews converted the land to re-establish themselves and create a country, and three, in 1897 Theodore Herzl, the first Zionist Congress, gave the Jewish people the right to a national rebirth in its country. Therefore, Israel should be given back to the Jews. To begin with, most of the Jewish people were born in Israel. There, they formed their spiritual

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    Rav Kook Essay

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    for religious jews. Until that time Halacha god was only understood through the prism of Halacha, it was Rav Kook that enlarged the boundaries of Halacha to include Zionism. That is why Rav Kook had a picture of Herzl hung in his office and considered him as a modern Moses, even though Herzl was a secular jew that had Christmas trees in his home. Rav Kook’s revolutionary approach to the Halacha was not to look at the religion soley from the perspective of that man is passive and only god is active

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    Holocaust Dbq

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    The Holocaust was a tragic event in history, in that the death of six million Jews was at the hands of the leader Adolf Hitler. The tragic events in the Holocaust are what lead up to the development of Israel therefore, the Holocaust ties in with the state of Israel because the state of Israel was developed in result of the Holocaust, there was still threats and attacks on the Jews even after the development of Israel and without the tragedy of the Holocaust the Jews would not have any strive or

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    Battle Of Kosovo Essay

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    The Battle of Kosovo created a myth that added to Serbian nationalism in three major ways. First, it became part of the calendar of the nation. Not only did June 28 mark the battle of Kosovo, but also the day that the Bosnian Serb student, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand beginning WWI. This date was and is indispensible in Serbian culture and identity. Second, it created a claim to Kosovo by establishing the idea that Kosovo was a key part of the medieval Serbian kingdom. By

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