Should the United States maintain aid to Israel or should they eliminate the aid? That's something you should think about! The military aid protects America and Israel's mutual interests of peace and democracy in the oil-rich Middle East, where hostile nations are strengthening their armies. The Ame...

The Need For Peace in the Middle East The quest for peace in the Middle East has been going on for decades. It all started in 1948 when Israel declared its independence and fought Arab nations to secure it. However, the Arabs were left unsatisfied while the Israelis wanted more control over...

In cold war in Southeast Asia when in July 1953, Eisenhower fulfilled a campaign promise to bring the Korean War to an end. The sudden death of Stalin in March and the rapid rise of more moderate Soviet leaders contributed to the resolution of this conflict. The US had also began providing military ...

Aliyah Bet, or Immigration Wave B, was comprised of illegal immigrants from Nazi Europe, shipped to Palestine, with the aid of American Jews and the Haganah. The last of the "White Papers", British mandates restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine, was published on May 17, 1939, when Nazi oppres...

During a time when most people in the world believed in numerous gods a new monotheistic religion arose, Judaism. Their god, Yahweh, is all-powerful, all knowing, and all seeing, responsible for both all good and evil in the world and the creator of all that exists. While many of these other relig...

In the horror of the Nazi death camps portrayed in Night, Elie Wiesel and his fellow Jews had to struggle to maintain their "faith in life." This battle that they waged against "icy winds" in camps where "death was all around [them]" was a constant necessity for them to...

Exodus: Section I as Depicted in the Film After viewing the film Exodus in class and reading the book as well, it can be noticed that though there were several similarities in the two, the number of differences, large and small, was far greater. Whether it be something as large as a missing charac...

America's global dominance has faced a lot of criticism for actions ranging from the Vietnam War to the aid for Israel and the sponsorship of globalization across the World to the authoritarianism of people for the U.S. governments' own personal agenda (Cooper 1). Anti-Americanism is more ...

There are four main sections of the Old Testament. They are the Pentateuch, the historical books, poetical books and the prophets. The Pentateuch or "Torah" (meaning The Law) consists of the first five books of the bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Moses, the hero of t...

The Frequency of Armed International Conflict In the 20th Century In 1962 there was a conflict between three nations so grim their actions could have affected the entire world. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was a very tense moment in history; these nations were almost at the brink of nuclear...

Time for a bit of honesty – have you ever made the kind of decision that at the time you wish you could take back? If you are human, I can bet you have. We make life-altering decisions everyday, and sometimes without even realizing their impact. Still, it's beyond me how these choices...

Imagine walking to a bus stop with some friends to go shopping. On a bench sits a bag of candy. You reach for it, to take it or possibly just to move it, and the next thing you know you're surrounded by white coats and blurry faces. You find out your two best friends and dead and you're mi...

Cold War Notes-An ideological conflict between capitalist democracies and communist Dictatorships-Fought by Spheres of influence, space race, culture and athletic competitions, arms race (deterrence), Propaganda, Proxy Wars (others fight your wars for you)Containment: -Truman Doctrine - 3 Aspects: P...

The Evolution of the HaggadahThe Haggadah has long been in development the since initial concept originated in the Bible. The purpose of the Haggadah is based on the biblical requirement that, "Thou shall tell thy son on that day, saying: It is because of that which the Lord did for me when I came ...

The Immigration Experience They are our grandparents, our relatives, our friends. They are the immigrants. They came from all over the world for many reasons, such as, religious persecution and racial tension, but the largest reason for coming to America was for freedom. The freedom to live where we...

The Immigration Experience They are our grandparents, our relatives, our friends. They are the immigrants. They came from all over the world for many reasons, such as, religious persecution and racial tension, but the largest reason for coming to America was for freedom. The freedom to live where we...

The Immigration Experience They are our grandparents, our relatives, our friends. They are the immigrants. They came from all over the world for many reasons, such as, religious persecution and racial tension, but the largest reason for coming to America was for freedom. The freedom to live where we...

"Terror"What is a terrorist? Well the denotation of this word is as follows, somebody who uses violence or the threat of violence, especially bombing, and assassination, to intimidate, often for there own purpose. By this definition, government personals are not excluded from being a "terrorist" or ...

Today's dogs serve as a number of different tools. We train dogs to see for the blind, we train them to sniff for drugs, we train them to save people's lives, and we train them to be our faithful companions. There is no doubt that the dog has a wide variety of skills and jobs. We selectively bree...

The Immigration Experience They are our grandparents, our relatives, our friends. They are the immigrants. They came from all over the world for many reasons, such as, religious persecution and racial tension, but the largest reason for coming to America was for freedom. The freedom to live w...

Optimism in the NightIn Night by Elie Wiesel, Eliezer constantly questions the good nature of man during the Holocaust, while he watches himself and thousands of Jews endure unspeakable hardships and immense sufferings. He ultimately finds out that humans can truly be good. It is the faithfulness,...