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Religious Connotations of 'Just War'

with holy wars that are most familiar to Westerners are in the Old Testament. Exodus 32:27 tells of how God ordered the destructio...

Jewish Mysticism, the Kaballah, and Perceptions of Women

female, given the fact that womens role in the general sense revolves around the gentler notion of nurture/caring, faith and symbo...

Social Identity and the U.S. Jewish Community

same beliefs and as such it is selective collectivism. Zionism is included within that group of schools of thought, here the idea ...

'Love Thy Neighbor' and Jewish Morality

the pot-bellied stove; everything else was either burned to the ground or damaged beyond repair from smoke and/or water. It was o...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

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...

The Golden Notebook by Lessing

In three pages this paper discusses children being failed by women as portrayed in the 1962 book. Three sources are cited in the ...

Allied Powers and Knowledge of Nazi's Anti Semitic Policies

In five pages this paper examines what the Allied powers knew and when they knew it regarding the Nazi's anti Jewish policy and if...

Jewish Sexuality

In seven pages this paper examines Jewish sexuality in a consideration of some controversial statements on the topic. Four source...

Motivation of Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List

In five pages this paper discusses why Schindler was motivated to save many Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Two sources are ci...

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 ...

The Reconquest of Medieval Christendom

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provide an overview of what has been described as the Christian Reconquest, from the book e...

Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Movements

In thirty pages this paper examines the Holocaust in an evaluation of the successes of Jewish resistance movements that resulted. ...

Communities and Religious Groups

In 8 pages this paper examines how Pagan, Muslim, and Jewish groups satisfy the communities definition. Six sources are cited in ...

A Review of Europa, Europa

A 5 page essay exploring the work of the film by Polish writer-director Agnieszka Holland. An eye-opening look at the lengths som...

Ultimate Failure of Nazi Science

In five pages the failure of Nazi science is discussed with divisions between 'Jewish' and 'Aryan' science also examined. Four so...

Art's Golden Mean and the Development of the Fibonacci Sequence

In six pages this paper examines The Annunciation of Leonardo da Vinci in a consideration of the Fibonacci mathematical sequence, ...

Concepts of Immortality

This 11 page paper uses the Bhagavad Gita, The Dybbuk and The Monkey as sources to examine concepts of rebirth, the soul and the a...

Jewish Feminism According to Lynn Davidson and Shelly Tenebaum

In seven pages feminist scholarship's 3 stages are applied to the essays contained in the text edited by Lynn Davidson and Shelly ...

Past and Present Synagogues of New York City's Lower East Side

In six pages this paper examines the importance of synagogues to the Jewish community situated in the Lower East Side of NYC. Thr...

Jewish Roots of Christianity

In ten pages the Jewish roots of the Christian faith are exposed in a discussion of major contention points that existed, similari...

Chapter 13 of Exodus and an Exegesis of Lines 1 through 22

sanctified, that is set apart for Gods service (Griffiths, 1993). They are delivered for Gods use, by blood to the Lord. This ver...

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok

to the bed and lay on it with my eyes closed. Now there was ice and darkness inside me. I could feel the cold darkness moving sl...

Neusner's Introduction to Judaism

job it is to perform certain sacred rituals, whereas in Judaism, the rabbi has no authority to perform rituals. Instead, Rabbis ar...

Diaspora, Jewish Identity, and Israel's Role

has been the focus of world attention for generations. From a Palestinian perspective, however, this goal is simply unobtainable....

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...

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...

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 ...

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...