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Nadine Gordimer's Writings and the Theme of Intolerance

In 10 pages this paper considers the theme of intolerance as represented in the works of this South African Jewish author. There ...

Conflict and the History of Israel

In nine pages this paper discusses Israel from the 1947 creation of the Jewish state until the present with the historical conflic...

Jewish Messiah and Jesus Christ

In ten pages the Jewish Messiah concept is compared with that of Jesus Christ. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography....

Abraham Joshua Heschel's Writings

In seven pages this paper discusses Man is Not Alone A Philosophy of Religion by noted Jewish theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel i...

Ohio's Mahoning County Jewish Community

In five pages this Jewish community settlement is discussed in terms of its history and development. Four sources are cited in th...

Cultural Importance of the Circumcision Ritual

and special friends are assigned honorary roles in the ritual. For instance, one honorary role is that of "Sandek." Julie describe...

Homosexuality and Contemporary Jewish Views

on Homosexuality Traditional Judaism has seen - and continues to see - homosexuality as an abomination (Dresner 309, Satlow...

Buddhism, Judaism, and the Concept of an Afterlife

In five pages the beliefs of an afterlife as espoused by Buddhist and Jewish religions are discussed. There are ten bibliographic...

Soviet Union Under Josef Stalin and Jewish Culture's Decline

the same fate as many of the Jewish leaders when he was to be executed at Stalins command many years later. II. Stalins Outward...

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Pagan and Jewish Women

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Pagan women with Jewish women in ancient Greek and Roman societies in terms of the...

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the author depicts the 20th century Jewish male coming of sexual age in this amusing and in...

Jewish Culture and Guilt in The Ghost Writer and Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

life, my only life, and Im living it in the middle of a Jewish joke! I am the son in the Jewish joke -- only it aint no joke!" (35...

2 Case Studies on Prevention Through Genetic Screening

In seventy pages this paper discusses World Health Organization and other genetic screening programs with a case study focus upon ...

Early Palestine and Jews

In eight pages this paper discusses the early Palestine in a consideration of a Jewish boy's story before the fifteenth century A....

Dorothy Day and Elie Wiesel on Compassion and Spirituality

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the spirituality and compassion views of Jewish survivor of the Holocaust Elie Wiesel...

Dialogue Between Christians and Jews

In six pages the Old and New Testaments are considered in a discussion of similarities and differences that might emerge from a Je...

Historical Jesus

Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...

Passover

in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be...

Reasons for the Holocaust and Jewish Indifference to It

people taking days to die of their wounds, but no one in the village believes him; their reaction is: "Hes just trying to make us ...

Sex and Religion According to Judaism

force themselves upon their wives for sexual favors, and they are not allowed by faith to molest them. The Torah and Talmud both ...

I Will Bear Witness, the Diary of Victor Klemperer

numbers of people who had always defined themselves as proud citizens of the country? It is important to understand that Klemperer...

Christianity and Jesus of Nazareth

Christs work on earth, His incarnation, His passion and death and His resurrection. At least two Apostles, John and Paul, perceive...

Religious Perspectives on Homosexuality

views regarding homosexuality. The Catholic and Jewish religions are unique in their adaptations, however, in that church doctrin...

Jewish Community and the Impact of the Holocaust

the sometimes intense and often expansive sense of being that is clearly portrayed within his works. Night is no exception. As t...

Nazi 'Final Solution'

from the annals of Nazism, very little written evidence of its existence - or why it was even initiated - is available. Scholars c...

Global Religious Perspectives on the Soul

out the names of his ancestors" (Hauser, 1990). Every eight days, the tribal chief ritually provides a full meal for all the ance...

Jewish Uprising in Warsaw, Poland in 1943

when David was witness to Goliaths rantings, David offered to fight the Giant in order to allow victory over the Philistines (The ...

A Comparative Analysis of the Film Hester Street and the Texts Mary Antin's The Promised Land and Anzia Yezierska's Breadgivers

Promised Land," which was a national best seller in 1912, looks at key issues in the immigrant experience. As the student reads t...

Divorce and Judaism

of sorts so that a divorce could not be granted simply and carelessly. "If there was a certificate, there should also be grounds f...

History of Judaism and 'Otherness'

In seven pages this paper examines the Medieval and Renaissance periods in this consideration of Jewish history and prejudice. Fi...