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The Life and Works of Emma Lazarus

in American culture, despite her pro-immigration sentiments, which were directly opposed to the anti-immigration public feeling of...

Emma Lazarus' Life and Times

rejection highly influenced Lazaruss "Spagnoletto," which provided Lazarus with the "literary props" to effectively represent the ...

Sitting on the Wrong Side of the Monsey Trail Bus and Sima Rabinovicz

to shift seats to accommodate them, noting she was a regular commuter on the bus and she had has much right to stay where she was ...

Judaism and Human Rights Advocate Abraham Joshua Heschel

the value of religious discourse allowed an "intelligent passion" (Novak, 1998, pp. 63-67) where fear and trepidation once lurked....

Comparing U.S. and Jewish Law

distinct discrepancies where application is concerned. Ethical behavior - which is defined as exhibiting "the character and...

Cultural Ideals and Plays of Chikamatsu

giri. Osan says, "I could see that you were drifting towards suicide. I felt so unhappy that I wrote a letter, begging her as one ...

Critically Assessing Presentation of Christians and Jews in 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare

a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my moneys and my usances; / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, /...

Freud, Cooley, Mead, Friendship, and Brooklyn, New York's Crown Heights Community

people and their farming and small area within a larger place within a town. My neighborhood in Brooklyns community is a five-bloc...

Myth, Fact, and Early Christianity

sacrificed consorts who was killed by the Father Zeus after the fertility rite that coupled him with his Mother (Graves 89). Also ...

The Importance of Ancestry in 3 Canadian Poets' Works

The Jewish Canadian heritage which figures prominently in the poetic works of A.M. Klein, Miriam Waddington and Irving Layton is t...

Jewish Identity in 'My First Goose by Isaac Babel

In thirteen pages this paper discusses how the story protagonist Liutov's Jewish identity caused problems for him as he attempted ...

Jewish Community and Health Issues

their religious convictions. While that is an extreme illustration, behavior as expressed by particular groups does impact their o...

An Evaluation of The Chosen

Potok's well known novel is discussed. This work evaluates a Jewish community and the lives of teens are discussed in the context ...

Jewish Youth Strategies of Survival

In twelve pages this paper discusses the historical survival struggles encountered by Jewish youth. Eight sources are cited in th...

Israeli Peace and Public Choice

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the Jewish people's desire for peace and the conflicted process the Likud regime presently f...

Contemporary History, the Jews, and Zionism

Brandeis, and at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. The conference is scheduled to reconvene in Jerusalem May 18-21, 19...

Analysis of Race Matters by Cornel West

In eleven pages this 1993 text is examined in terms of individual chapters that deal with Malcolm X's black society influence mobi...

Philosophies of Anzia Yezierska and Frederick Douglass

In six pages the similar philosophies of Russian Jewish author Anzia Yezierska of New York's Lower East Side and freed slave Frede...

Theological Views of Euthanasia

In five pages euthanasia is discussed from the religious context that it represents murder and while it emphasizes Catholic or Chr...

Ethics and Reform Jewish Movement

In ten pages this paper discusses U.S. immigration and ethics issues as they relate to the Reform Jewish Movement. Ten sources ar...

Jewish Experience in the United States

In six pages this paper examines the early 20th century experience of a Jewish immigrant settling in New York with labor movements...

Celebrations and Holidays in Judaism

In nine pages various Jewish holidays and celebrations are examined in terms of meaning and symbolic significance such as Shabbat,...

Jews in Hollywood and An Empire of Their Own by Neal Gabler

In five pages this paper examines how the Hollywood studio system was created by Jewish business moguls as considered in this 1988...

Cultural Nationalism and Diversity

In eight pages intermarriages and issues of cultural diversity and nationalism are considered from a U.S. perspective through Jewi...

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Anti Semitism

In five pages the anti Semitic portrayal of Shylock, the Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's play is examined in terms of providin...

Elia Kazan's 1947 Film Gentleman's Agreement and the Concept of Jewish 'Otherness'

In five pages this film is examined in terms of how it portrays the theme of Jewish 'otherness' in regards to the treatment of Jew...

Blazing Saddles Film, Racism, and Jewish Representation

In five pages this paper discusses the 1974 film by Mel Brooks in terms of Jewish exclusion and racism. Eight sources are cited i...

Theological and Social Plurality and Jewish Theocracy

leadership into a new discussion, "a theology of pluralism." "It is not enough that we live together as faith communities; rather...

Differing Jewish Traditions

This 8 page paper discusses the differences among the various Jewish traditions. The writer details the differences among Chasidic...

Judaism During the Renaissance

In five pages this examines the Renaissance period with the focus being upon Judaism's art and culture with the faith and treatmen...