Aliyot and immigration to Israel

 Aliyah means to go up or to move to Israel but an Aliyah also has another meaning which is illegal information to Israel. In the modern Zionist Settlement there were 6 Aliyot during Ottoman times and the British Mandate which refer to illegal immigration. The Aliyot lived across the world (mostly in Europe) and the Jewish immigrants felt disappointed for they had no equal rights like the Europeans.

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The first Alliyah took place prior to Zionism immigration to Israel between 1882 to 1903. Most of the immigrants came from Russia and Yemen because they were discriminated against their religion. There were about 25,000 to 35,000 immigrants.
The second alliyah lasted until World War I. About half the immigrants left because of poor conditions and some were forced out by the Ottoman regulations. The immigrants were Russian Jews following pogroms and anti- Semitism in their country.
After World War I, the third aliyah came to Israel. The  immigrants were consisted mostly of Russian and Europian Jews but arrived after the establishment of the British Mandate over Palastine and the Balfour Declaration and created a sustainable Jewish Agricultural economy by strengthening and building the kibbutz movement.

The fourth Aliyah took place over a short period of time from 1924 to 1929. It was mostly made up of Jews seeking to escape anti-Semitism in Poland and Hungary. Many of these immigrants were made up of middle-class families and after the immigration rules were established, they had to prove that they had some money with which to create small businesses and begin life in Palestine.
The fifth aliyah coincided with the rise of Nazism in Germany and extreme nationalism across Eastern Europe which consisted of the largest number of immigrants to date. About 200,000-250,000 Jews arrived between 1929 to 1939. This group of immigrants included professionals, doctors, lawyers and artists who created appealing art and architectural scene, and established a thriving economy after building Port of Haifa. Most immigrants arrived before 1936 when the British began introducing strict restrictions on Jewish immigration as a result of increasing anger and violence in the Palestinian Arab community. The British issued the White Paper of 1939, which severely restricted Jewish immigration, leaving many European Jews during the Holocaust with nowhere to go. Even though illegal immigration was dangerous, it became a necessity. By the time the United Nations agreed to split Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, a very well ordered and lively Jewish society had been created there.
The last Aliyah is Aliyah Bet which took place from 1939 to 1948 which brought over 100,000 new immigrants to Palestine. Some immigrants entered the country on visas issued under the "White Paper" rules and the majority came as illegal immigrants traveling by sea or land. As a result of fascism and anti-Semitism in Europe and World War II in the 1930's, provoked the Jews to escape their country. In Germany, Nazi persecutions forced many Jews to leave and about 200,000 went to Palestine. This sudden increase in the Jewish population led the British to forbid Jewish immigration, resulting in "illegal" immigration movement. Most countries including the United States closed their borders and Jewish imigrants had no choice but to settle in the land of Palestine.

    

Holocaust and Zionism

For the week of December 4th, 12/4/16.

The Holocaust was a horrible, devastating and tragic day for all the jews around the world. Jews were affected in many ways..  They  died, were tortured in concentration and death camps, were humiliated,  their loved ones were taken away, their dignity was slowly drifting away,   were forced into labor and if they wouldn't work, they died. About 6,000,000 Jews died by the Nazis (or Germans) that hated Jews. Many people died that day including the Jews which is why they believed in Zionism. This was the belief  that the Jews should have a free state to practice their religion in harmony and peace with other Jews. The brave Zionists took the risk of believing in Zionism and trying to stand up for their equal rights knowing the dangers of getting found out.

The Holocaust taught us many lessons. To stand up and never stop fighting for what you believe in, always protect yourself, your family and friends at all costs, and always take the necessary risk. That's why the belief of Zionism plays an important role in the Holocaust. To teach Jews to make their state and be free people.The Holocaust was a part of World War II and it not only affected the Jews but it affected the rest of the world.In my opinion, the Holocaust was a real big and predigest act of  the Amalek

(עמלק) and that Hitler is one of them. Amalek was a group of people who hated the Jews.

I am really upset because the Amalek decided to kill and torture the Jews  because they thought the Jews were just wastes of space! In my opinion Hitler was responsible  for the holocaust and the death of 6 million Jews because the Nazis already hated the Jews but Hitler started getting them more into the act of killing the Jews. This tragedy teaches a moral lesson to all people. “The more intelligent and powerful always take over”. In this case Hitler was the more intelligent and powerful who eventually took over the Nazis and conquered most of the world.

        

A lot of Jews suffered and lost their loved ones like family. When soldiers fought in the holocaust they would always say  to themselves ‘I will come back to my family and survive. I will fight for the belief of Zionism and that Jews need an independent state to protect themselves, stay safe and have peace.

Holocaust and Zionism

       The Holocaust was a changing time for the Jewish people. About 6 million Jews got killed by Nazis and Germans. The whole Jewish population became traumatized and killed in concentration and death camps. The Jewish people were forced into labor and torture and they didn't have a say in it. During the Holocaust, Jews had no help from any other country even America, which didn't do anything till pearl harbor. Other states were just standing by and watching them getting killed and tortured.

       This endorses Zionism because a lot of disasters occurred and, many relationships got separated or destroyed. If we don't have a  Jewish state or country disasters like the holocaust and many more like these could happen. For the protection of our religion, the Jewish people need a state or country. If we don't have a state or country our religion and people will be destroyed. Also if we have a state or country we will have friends to help.

      My opinion is that the Jewish people should have a state. They shouldn't be tortured and killed, and be deprived of all their work and buildings. For a long time, Jews have fought in other armies in different religions and killed other Jews, and when it's time to come back they have to leave or be killed. If I was a German or any other religion or person I would want a state for my people.

        

Holocaust And Zionism

Holocaust was a terrible day for the Jewish community. About 6 million Jewish people died because of concentration camps and death camps and the Nazis were just killing them. It was torture for the whole entire Jewish community because some people were afraid of death and some people were already dying. The Jewish community was forced to work really hard and they couldn't do anything until the Nazis attacked Russia and Russia did something about it.

    This improved Zionism because lots of people, families, etc. experienced many tragedies during this time period and a lot of people (especially the Jewish people) wanted a state or a country. If we don't have land tragedies like the holocaust could happen again. Jewish people might've thought that we need another state for protection of our religion. If we do not have any land this can be demolished.

    If i was in that time period i would think that we should have land because i would've just experienced 6 million Jews dying and hearing bombs explode so i would really want land even if it's smaller than half of Iceland. I would definitely want a state for my own protection and so I could practice my religion. If my jewish community had a state hat would really make me happy because I would know that I would be safe because my community has power over the land.

The British Mandate

   The British Mandate is the time when Britten had control over Israel.  After the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War, Israel- then called Palestine- became a mandate of the British Empire. The Ottomans were defeated in  World War I, and the British took control over Palestine. The British made life better for the Jews and Arabs in Palestine. They improved water and food supply, they fought diseases, and improved communications.

    Britain's job was to implement the Balfour Decleration,  which had been signed by five years earlier, stating Britain's desire to create a homeland in Palestine for the Jews. The British government had, however, made conflicting promises to both the Jews and Arabs promising each other their own autonomous area.

    During the years of the mandate, which lasted from 1922 till 1948 the Jewish population grew. Over 300,000 Jews immigrated to Israel at this time and estimated that another 50,000 immigrated illegally. As anti-Semitism and persecution in Europe began to increase so did the number of immigrants to Israel. 

   Great progress was made in Israel the Jewish economy was growing, as were other aspects of Jewish life. After World War II,  Palestine was divided into an Arab states and a Jewish state, with Jerusalem under international control. This led to Briten ending its mandate and Israel declaring independence in May 1948.

The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire was a very important time in the history of Israel. In the time of the Ottoman Empire, we still did not have the state of Israel.
            While the Ottomans where in Israel, the Zoinist Congress was still in Europe. At that time, the Jews in Russia were getting killed one by one. So we talked to the British and told them the situstion we were in. But the British didn't  feel empathy for us, they felt sympathy. Even though they didn't really put themselves in our shoes (not literally it's a metaphor) they still offered help. How did they help us? you are about to find out.
              The British offered us a part of their land a little after they found out that we needed some land. Yes it was a small piece, but it was bigger than Israel. They offered us a part of Africa, namely Uganda. This event in the Zoinist Congress was called the Uganda Proposal.
              The Yuganda Proposal put a lot of tension between the Congress and the British. If the Congress said no then the British would not side with them if they went to war with the Ottomans to get Israel back. But if they said yes then when the Jews have a chance to leave most of them wouldn't want to leave and we'd have an even smaller population.
               In conclusion, the time of the Ottomans was a very special time. The Zoinist Congress still found a way to get out of the problem though. They just sent some members of the Congress to see how the land is and just say that it was terrible even if it wasn't. The Congress obviously used that technique to say 'no' in a nice way ( that's called Euphemism). I hope you found my post very interesting!

The Ottoman Empire and the Jews

There was a small population of Jews in the Ottoman Empire before the inquisition.The inquisition

was when the Christians forced the Jews to leave Spain or convert to Christianity. The Sultan of that time allowed the Jews to come to the Ottoman Empire but there were some laws they had to follow such as how they dressed, they weren’t allowed to ride horses, they weren’t allowed to fight in the army, and etc.The Jews were allowed to practice their religion and even one of the sultans allowed the Jews to build a synagogue.When the Ottoman Empire got a capital Jews went there.The rules of the Ottoman Empire were not as harsh as the Romans rules.

In 1537 Jews were expelled from Italy, Sultan Suleiman told the pope to release the Jews so they can come back to the Ottoman Empire. The Jews who moved to Ottoman Empire were mostly settled in wealthy cities like Istanbul, and Thessaloniki.

The Tu B’shevat seder was developed at the 17th century in one of the famous cities in Ottoman Empire named Izmir

Most of the court physicians were Jews: Hakim Yakoub,Josef and Moshe Hamon,Daniel Fonseca were some of them.

The Jews brought the printing press to the Ottoman Empire. After they were thrown out from Spain David and Samuel Ibn-Nahmiyas established the first Hebrew printing press in Istanbul.

The Jews were also strong in diplomacy Josef Nassi became the Duke of Naxos, Salomon Ben Natan Eskenazi arranged the first diplomatic ties with British Empire.

After 1923 Ottoman Empire became the Republic of Turkey,after the establishment of Israel in 1948 a lot of Jews moved to Israel.Currently there are about 18,000 Jews living in Turkey.

The Ottoman Empire

The rule of the Ottomans in the holy land, which began in the early 16th century, following their defeat of the Mamluks, lasted until 1918, after which Great Britain took control of Palestine.
The Ottoman Turks were originally centered in modern-day Turkey, but soon began to spread out into Europe and the Middle East, conquering lands.
During Ottoman rule, the religious minorities in Israel-Jews and Christians- lived through both periods of prosperity, and of persecution.
The Jewish population thrived during the first part of Ottoman rule. Jews were allowed to practice their religion, and the city of Tsfat, in the Galilee, saw a rebirth of Jewish life. The Holly land became a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution in Crusader Europe.
During the 16th century, the live of the Jews declined. Much of the land was in the hand of absentee landlords and fell into disrepair. Taxes were high.
Only in the 19th century the Jewish life began to flourish again.
The last two decades of Ottoman rule witnessed the first waves of Jewish immigratnt to Israel, mainly from Russia, they came to build a better life for themselves and to live the dream of the Holy Land.
One particular group of christians, the Armenians, grew in numbers and gained control over their own quarter in Jerusalem, but just after world war 1, one to one and a half million Armenians were murdered by the Ottomans.
Subjects under the Ottoman Empire in Israel enjoyed years of  freedom and prosperity included splendid architecture, math, astronomy. Kabbalah was studied intently but, unfortunately there were subjects that suffered greatly.
The end of the Ottoman Empire saw the true beginning of "Aliya"- Jews returning home to settle in their land, The land of Israel.

EARLY ALIYOT

        The first aliyah lasted from 1882-1903. Nearly 35,000 Jews came to Palestine. Many Jews came in the beginning from Russia because of many pogroms(which are organized massacres). the Jews left for political and spiritual reasons.
           
        Most of the immigrants chose to farm (they were not individual farmers they formed groups). The immigrants faced many difficulties. Some of the difficulties that they faced were bad climate(they had desert like climates), they  had high taxes from the Turkey government,they suffered from disease and lack of medicine, and the Arabs were against the Jews staying . By the end of the first aliyah 15,00 people stayed but the rest  left.

       If I were alive back then and  I had a choice to go to Israel I would go and I would stay because I would want to help build the State and improve it.While I am there I would want to figure out how to help with the taxes and the health of the people who stayed. I would also like to convince the people who want to leave to stay by showing them that if we all work together things will get better.  

       

Israel Will Help Italy After Earthquake

Israel is a very supportive country. There was a major earthquake in Italy on Saturday, and today, the Israeli government said that they would send aid to the country to help. 

The Israeli Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu, said to Italy's Prime Minister that they are "always prepared to send aid to the best of its ability" when a disaster strikes. Netanyahu said that Israel remains in a high level of readiness for these kinds of disasters. He said he is ready to help Israel's friends, the Italians, whenever they need.

Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella, is currently visiting Israel on a 4-day stay. Netanyahu said he appreciates Italy's ongoing support of issues that are important to Israel. The leaders of both countries expressed the desire to continue their good relationship.

THEODOR HERZL

THEODORE was a zionist political movement. he was born in budapest in 1860 and his education was with the german jews. his grandfather has been a friend of  RABBI YEHUDAH  ALKALAI a pro zionist of an earlier era.


he thought of the jewish problem as a social issue and he wrote a play called THE GHETTO in 1894. and then later on that year CAPTAIN ALFRED DREYFUS, a jewish officer in the french army was falsely accused and convicted of treason, and that caused a lot of death to the jews in france :(   because of that HERZL became convinced that the jews needed a country of their own.


HERZL witnessed the dreyfus affair as a newspaper correspondent. according to the conventional accounts his zionism resulted from contemplating the persecution  of dreyfus. according to some others he may have been  more influencing by the election of the anti-semitic Karl Luger as mayor of Vienna.    

Theodore Herzl

Theodore Herzl was called the ''Father'' of zionism
 because he had a goal and that goal was to get the
 jewish people a state. Herzl was born around a time
 where the jews of Europe were moving towards
 citizenship. Theodore Herzl spent most of his life in
 Austria,Hungary. There the emancipation of the jews 
had just begun. As Herzl grew most restrictions
 over the jews were lifted in places such as
 England, Germany, and Italy.



Their are many different kinds of jews some of
them are Reform, Orthodox, Conservative, and
 Reconstructionist. In the time period of  Moses
 Mendelssohn their were only one type of jews
 the Orthodox jews. After he died a new type of
 jewish people began these were the Reform jews.
The Reform jews put an optimistic spin on the jewish
 ways.Theodore Herzl did not care about what
 kind of jew they were he only saw them as a nation.



What I like about Herzl is that he
set himself on one goal, which was
getting the jewish people a state and
he acheived it even though Theodore
Herzl might have not lived to see the
beautiful state of Israel we all know
that he had a big part of getting us this
state. Theodore Herzl would be proud
 of the state of Israel.


Theodore Herzl had a big impact on the
 creationof the state of Israel because he
 was one of the earliest zionists and who
 knows how long it would take the jewish
 people to create their own jewish state
 without Herzls help and guidance.

The Dreyfus Affair and how it affects Israel

Alfred Dreyfus was born on October 9, 1859 and died on July 12,1935. Dreyfus was the son of a wealthy Jewish textile manufacturer. In 1882 he decided to have a military career. By 1889 he had risen to the rank of captain.

Then during the year 1894, the French Army's counter intelligence section, became aware about information that was about new artillery parts was being given to the Germans by a highly placed spy. The spy was most likely on the general. In 1895 Dreyfus was convicted in a secret court martial and publicly striped of his army rank. Later  day he was sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.

Later on during the August of 1896 Lieutenant Colonel Georges Picquart found evidence to support that Alfred Dreyfus was innocent. The evidence showed that Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was that the one who engaged in espionage. This is proved because his handwriting was found on the letter that incriminated Dreyfus. To bring Dreyfus back from Devil's Island was a problem because Esterhazy kept creating new evidence. Then during 1904 a re-trial was granted and in 1906 a civilian court reversed all previous convictions.

This is connected to Israel and how it was given to the Jews. This is because reporter Theodor Herzl was at the Dreyfus affair. When he saw the French insulting the Jews he began thinking that Israel needed its own country/state because there was nowhere for the Jews to go to and no matter where we are we are untrusted. This is how the Dreyfus affair affects the birth of Israel.

        

        

The French Revolution, Alfred Dreyfus, and How it Affects Israel

The French Revolution was a time of change and righteousness for the people of Europe and the Jews. During the French Revolution, the French stormed in and shouted out words of justice and equality and forced others to realize that everyone is equal, even the Jews. This made me feel rejoiced and happy for the Jews. The finally had freedom where they lived. No more unkindness or mean actions to the Jews. They finally lost their fears, which made me so happy. However, this all changed during the year 1894, when a French Jewish military officer was faulted for nothing.

His name was Alfred Dreyfus.

He had a trial for supposedly doing a bad thing, although he didn't. Everyone knew that this was a lie.......it was because Alfred Dreyfus was a Jewish person. A news reporter at that time was Theodore Herzl, who was important to the trial and after-events of Alfred Dreyfus's trial. Although Alfred Dreyfus was saved, it was a very important and remembered drama in the French society. This makes me furious that one of our kind, the Jewish people, had to be faulted for something that he would never even think of doing. I think this situation makes everybody mad and furious and angry. There also can be some curiosity in this...why did they do this right after the French Revolution, when the French shouted for equality and freedom for everyone? Still, this situation makes me sad and angry and curious at the same time.

This greatly affects Israel because the Jews were never trusted anywhere. They were always faulted, and it results in making me sad and confused, and furious. Jews needed a home so they wouldn't be mistreated by other people. The Jews needed a place where they can be the leaders and make the right rules for one another. Most likely what happened to Alfred Dreyfus wouldn't happen to others in Israel. This is how the French Revolution and the situation with Alfred Dreyfus affects Israel and why we needed a home.

Theodore Herzl

       Theodore Herzl was born 75 years after the death of Moses Mendelssohn [May 2 1860].
[emancipation] Jews had moved toward citizenship. in the years following Mendelssohn's death many western European governments began to abolish laws limiting to freedom of Jews. to merit emancipation it seemed that the Jewish communities of Europe where expected to give up their claim to ties with worldwide Jewry like any of their citizens. the Jewish state, trans Arthur Hertzberg.










[Anti-Semitism] Jews consequently believed Assimilate Jews to be the most dangerous. in 1879 a German journalist first used the term "anti-Semitism'' in a pamphlet accusing the "Semitic race'' of attempting to destroy " Germandom . Jews scattered around the globe led to suspicions that they had sinister plans to dominate the world. in 1880 a former professor at the University of Berlin published the  Jewish Question as a Question of race, morality, and culture. it became respectable to move in great numbers to other countries, and the westerns worried that the arrival of these strange eastern Jews would  only worsen the " Jewish problem" in their own  countries.



  [First stirring of a Jewish state] when Herzl wrote the Jewish state in June 1895 there had been no such state over 1800 years only Jewish communities scattered across the globe. the Jewish state he proclaimed that '' we are a people: one people''. In his opinion , since anti- Semitism not only caused Jewish suffering society,the governments of Europe would agree to establish a Jewish state. only by helping the Jews set up their own nation could governnents restore peace whitin their own borders. Boron Edmond de Rothschild supporter of Hovevei zion settlements in Eretz yisrael, rejected Herzls plan,feeling that it threatened Jews in the Diaspora, whose patriotism would now be questioned orthodox rabbis opposed Herzls plan because it seemed contrary to the tradition that only the messiah would restore the exiles to Eretz Yisrael. reform rabbis opposed It because it contracted their belief that Jews had a mission to perform in the Diaspora to teach Jewish ethics. Herzl was rapidly transporting Zionism from an idea into a democratic mass movement.



  [Convoking a Jewish national assembly] in August 1897 a year assembly and half after the Jewish state was published. Herzl chaired the first Zionist congress, the Zionism to establish a publicy reconized, legally secured homeland for the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael. the inspiration for colors came from  the tallit, Jewish prayer shawl.'' At Basel I founded the Jewish state if  I  said this out loud today I would be greeted by universal laughter. in five years perhaps,and certainly in fifty years, everyone will perceive it''. Herzls greatest diplomatic triumphs were with Great Britian. after the progoms of suffering Russian Jews immediately. the British offered the possibility of a homeland in East Africa. although Herzls diplomatic ventures did not secure immediate results, the connections he established with the British helped bring about Balfour Decloration in November 1917. this is a quote ''To create a new state is neither ridiculous nor impossible .........the governments of all countries scourged by anti-Semitism will be keenly interested in obtaining sovereignty for us''
in the end Theodore Herzl died in July 3, 1904 [aged 44].

French Revolution and how it's connected to Israel.

The french Revolution talks about the Jews having equal rights in France. When they gave the Jews equal rights they sang a song, But then the French were looking for a spy in the army that was a general so everyone said it was the Jew Alford Dreyfus.

This is a picture of him at his trial.


Alford Dreyfus didn't really commit a  crime. People knew that. But he did commit a crime of being a Jew even though we have equal rights.  Theodore Herzl was a reporter at that time. he saw how we were treated. Now instead of us having any problems with these people we have our own country Israel and we should be proud of having that country. If we didn't get that country we would have to continue  being treated like we were.

I think that People think he was guilty not just by being a Jew, but people knew he was not guilty  they just want to see a Jew being killed. Before we had equal rights. I am also proud of us having our country so now we don't go through being a Jew like when it was the French Revolution. We are proud for having our own country then being in every single place in the world.

This is what i think about the French Revolution and how it's connected to Israel.

Theodor Herzl and Israel

 Theodor Herzl was born on May 2, 1860 in Budapest Hungary. He was the founder of the political form of Zionism which was a movement to establish a Jewish homeland. In his pamphlet, “The Jewish State”, he proposed that the Jewish question was a political question to be settled by a world council of nations.  He organized a world congress of Zionists and became its first president. He believed it was up to the civilized nations of the world to try and solve the Jewish question.

Herzl traveled all over the world trying to organize the Jews in support of his program.  He went to England to organize there.  He spoke to many world leaders trying to get them to grant a charter that would allow a Jewish settlement. His life was devoted to the Zionist cause and he even created a Zionist newspaper. Many Jews believed that to fight anti-Semitism as a social problem that Jews would need to abandon their Jewish way of life and be more like the people they lived with.  But Herzl believed that the answer was not to just fit in but to be able to live in their own state.

Herzl was not the first to believe that the Jews needed to set up a Jewish state. But Herzl was able to get people interested and enthusiastic about it and gained the respect of many people in his time. Although he died on July 3, 1904 more than 40 years before the State of Israel was created, he was a major figure that had much to do with making Zionism into a political movement. When Herzl died near Vienna at age 44, he was buried in Vienna but his wish was to be someday buried in Jerusalem.  In 1949 after the creation of Israel the Jewish state, he was buried on a hill west of the city now known as Mount Herzl.

If he had not fought for Zionism then there would be no country called Israel today. I feel happy because now there is a place for me and my family to live together. It is amazing how he did so much for us, the Jews, at such a young age.

The Lead up to Zionism and what it means to me

Zionism is a group of people who believe that Jews should have equal rights and have a Jewish state or country. Now the Jews have a  the state of Israel but there is still Zionism because some people don't think Jews should be free to have their own country.




Israel means a lot to me it is the holy land given to us by G-O-D that is why it is called the holy land another nickname for the state of Israel is the Land of milk and honey. After reading On the Jews and Their Lies I felt ANGRY because martin Luther says Jews should not be free.

AND THEN THERE IS Thomas Aquanus WITCH GOT ME EVEN MORE ANGRY (the caps)
 He said that Jews will always be slaves i got angry because we are all humans we should never be judged by age race or sex its hard to believe that we are all humans and people are judged by there looks race age or sex.

On The Jews And Their Lies- Martin Luther

     This blog is about "The Jews And Their Lies" by Martin Luther. In this story Martin Luther talks about how every body should believe in Jesus. The Christians/Martin Luther mistreated the Jews because they did not believe in Jesus. On the outside of the Martin Luther Church there is a statue that looks like this.

       This statue is a statue of the Jews feeding on a pig. After the Holocaust the Christians put a sign below the statue "apologizing" (not really, more like they are changing their mind about the statue). In my opinion I think this statue represents that the Christians think the Jewish people are supposed to believe in Jesus/convert.                    
       In my opinion it is not fair that human beings can be treated this way it is not right!!! Jews are especially treated this way. The holocaust is one example, in the holocaust MILLIONS of people died but 6 MILLION JEWS died. I think no one should be judged by their, religion, their gender, their looks,........their cover, they should only be judged by what is inside.   

Welcome to History of Modern Israel

Welcome!  This is the History of Modern Israel Blog. A blog is an online journal, where we can share our thoughts in the public forum about our course. Every student will be asked to post on this blog once in each semester. During your assigned week to blog you are asked to connect 'History' to today. specifically you are to answer, "How has what we learned this week connect to something going on in Israel today." Additionally, you can post on the following topic: "How does this week's topic affect your relationship with Israel. Blog entries must be three paragraphs long and have a title.
In addition: Every week,  every student must comment on a blog post. In 3 or more sentences you must comment on a post. This post should tell us how you feel about the post and why. Posts must be written with care and respect. Rude, mean and inappropriate posts are not acceptable and will account for a zero on this section of your grade.