"Here is not merely a nation, but a teeming nation of nations" said Walt Whitman (Lee). The United States of America, now the most powerful nation in the world, was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, colonized by 1700, freed from British rule in 1776, split in civil war in 1860, ...

After the War of Independence on December 1, 1947, the relationship between the Jews and Arabs remained hostile towards each another. With the amount of Jews increasing at a significant rate over the past century in Israel, it has not helped this relationship out. The formation of Israel's pe...

Herzel believed that anti-Semitism was an \"incurable gentile pathology.\" Zionism was developed as an ideology determined to lead its people out of \"perpetual enemy territory.\" The Jews, he posited, should have a nation-state of their own. \"Herzel himself would have been ready to contemplate any...

The motto on the Great Seal of the United States is \"novus ordo seclorum\"--a new order of the ages. The revolutionary nature of America was particularly true for Jews. For thousands of years they had lived in states in Europe and the Arab countries in which anti-Semitism was actively promoted or t...

The world as we know it is a tumultuous place of anarchy, malevolence, and controversy occasionally inhabited by able intermediaries and keepers of the peace. Within societies, due to what appear as irreconcilable differences, periods of discrepancy arise. These divergences sometimes can result in...

In The Accidental Asian by Eric Liu, Liu is faced with the complexity of his heritage. Liu is a second-generation Chinese American. Throughout Liu\'s essays he speaks of the disadvantages of being an Asian American and how in his life he dealt with it. Liu also speaks of his family and their value...

Did the Western World do enough for the Jews in thDescription of this essay : Western Civilization - World War II Did the Western World do enough for the Jews in the Holocaust "When they came for the gypsies, I did not speak, for I am not a gypsy. When they came for the JewWestern Civilization - Wor...

The study of international relations is very broad and complex. It is the study of nations and states and how they are formed. It is also the study of measures, such as revolutions and wars, that create different nations and states and the reasons behind such measures. One important concept in in...

The study of international relations is very broad and complex. It is the study of nations and states and how they are formed. It is also the study of measures, such as revolutions and wars, that create different nations and states and the reasons behind such measures. One important concept in in...

The Holocaust The Holocaust was a period from January 30,1937, when Adolf Hitler first became chancellor of Germany, until May 8,1945, when the war in Europe was over. During these years, Jews in Europe were continuously persecuted. There were about six million people murdered. The Holocaust...

There are many people that say it never happened but there is no room for denial in a topic like this. The holocaust did happen and it was a terrible thing. There are so many wrong things that happened during the holocaust. One of the worst things I believe that happened were the murders and kill...

Henry Ford On July 30, 1863, Henry Ford was born in Wayne County, Michigan. The son of Irish immigrants, Ford spent most of his time growing up on his family's farm in Dearborn. As he got older, Ford realized that the modest agrarian lifestyle enjoyed by his parents was not exactly what he had i...

Since the beginning of the Jewish religion, women have had what seems to be a marginalized role that encompasses almost every facet of life. In many cases within the body of Jewish texts, clear misogynist statements and commentary are made dealing with every aspect of what it means to be female. W...

Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution During the summer of 1941, Chancellor Adolf Hitler initialized "The Final Solution" to the "Jewish Question". Hitler started this program because he wanted to create a highly centralized state and one for the master race, Germans. Exterminating J...

JUDAISMThe Jewish Synagogue, "The Tree of Life", was built in 1986. It is one of three in the City of Columbia. The Synagogue was a very interesting, outside of the building was a sculpture of the "Star of David" to add to the beauty of the very well kept grounds. The windows in the Synagogue were...

The Nazi's concentration camps were the world's most effective killing machines ever. Here, Jews were put to horrible, unimaginable deaths as the Nazis attempted their ultimate goal of genocide. It all started with the growing anti-Semitic feeling spreading through Nazi Germany that would humiliate ...

Introduction Surely one of the greatest ironies of human condition is that color and culture, source of our greatest pride, are also traits that so often foment hatred and propel us into war. There are different causes for discrimination upon different races and biological-ethnical differences. I...

To Have Fate Hold You"...I realized I didn't have my prisoner's cap. Any prisoner at morning roll call without his cap was shot ." What would it be like if your life depended on something as simple as whether or not your hat was in your possession? To have a simple twist in fate be the deciding f...

"Dead Language"After graduating from high school in Dnepropetrovsk , Ukraine with straight A's, a little girl went to college in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a medical doctor. In Ukraine, doctors do not make a lot of money, drive fancy cars or liv...

Menachem Begin affected the Jews, the Middle East, Great Britain, and the world at large. Starting at his earlier years he was enrolled in several armies, a member of Zionist and Nationalist groups. Menachem was a right-wing extremist who promoted violent acts towards the Arabs and Great Britai...

THE HOLOCAUSTThe Holocaust was a time of triumph, struggle and many deaths. It took place in Germany during the turmoil of World War II. More lives were lost in this conflict than in any other previous war in history. The leader of the Holocaust goes by the name of Adolf Hitler. Hitler had much ...

Throughout history, there have been wars and conflicts fought in the name of righteousness and good. In many cases, the hostilities were deemed "holy wars," being, supposedly, fought in the name of Christ, Allah, Yahweh, or whatever deity the people worshipped. While blood was being shed "in the n...