Sunday, November 27, 2016

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.

    


Friday, November 25, 2016

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.

Thursday, November 24, 2016

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.

Sunday, November 20, 2016

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.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

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!

Sunday, November 13, 2016

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.

Friday, November 4, 2016

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.