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the Wandering Jew
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Ashkenaz
Ashkenaz , eponym of a people perhaps localized in Armenia. He was grandson of Japheth. Gen. 10.3. Ashchenaz: 1 Chron. 1.6; Jer. 51.27. In modern times the term Ashkenazim refers to the German Jews as distinguished from the Sephardim, the Jews of Spain and Portugal. For the history of the... Read more |
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Holocaust
Holocaust , name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. Although anti-Semitism in Europe has a long history, persecution of German Jews began with Hitler's rise to power in 1933. Jews were disenfranchised, then terrorized in anti-Jewish riots (such... Read more |
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Cochin Jew
Cochin Jews ETHNONYMS: Cochin Jews, Cochinis (Israel), Malabar Jews, Paradesi Jews, Black Jews Orientation Identification and Location. The Cochin Jews constitute one of the smallest Jewish communities in the world. They originate from the Malabar Coast in India and traditionally were... Read more |
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Flavius Josephus
Flavius Josephus , AD 37-c.AD 100, Jewish historian and soldier, b. Jerusalem. Josephus' historical works are among the most valuable sources for the study of early Judaism and early Christianity. Having studied the tenets of the three main sects of Judaism—Essenes, Sadducees, and... Read more |
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Edom
Edom , Idumaea, or Idumea , mountainous country, called also Mt. Seir. According to the Book of Genesis, it was given to Esau , also called Edom, and his descendants. It extended along the eastern border of the Arabah valley, from the Dead Sea to Elat. Edomite history was marked by... Read more |
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Chebar
Chebar , in the Bible, river of Mesopotamia, by which captive Jews were settled.... Read more |
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Crispus
Crispus , in the New Testament, prominent Corinthian Jew converted by St. Paul.... Read more |
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Jews
Jews [from Judah ], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism . The degree to which national and religious elements of... Read more |
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Jews
Jews have a long, but by no means continuous, history in Ireland. Scattered references...11th and 13th centuries. In 1290 Jews were expelled from the dominions...and Portugal in the 16th century. Jews began to resettle in England from... |
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Anti‐Semitism
...been in Europe, individual Jews often found themselves the targets...and waned throughout American history, they were especially strong during the...targeting aliens, especially Jews, who were thought to harbor subversive...1920s on “The International Jew.” ... |
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circumcision
...culturally inferior peoples such as Jews and African Blacks. Autenrieth...with a public lecture on its history. For him, as for others, circumcision...religion must pass’. But the Jews also sacrificed their animals...one time habitual among the Jews’. ... |
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Nazi ideology
...Weltanschauung). Hitler believed that history was a constant process of racial...The main racial enemy was the Jew, who was regarded as the enemy...producing chaos and misery. The Jew came to symbolize for the Nazis...saw the final struggle between Jew and ... |
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immigration
...identifiable. For example the Jews, who arrived in Britain after...from persecution. In addition Jews were forbidden to hold land...In 1297 Edward I expelled the Jews, after he had exploited their...number is unknown and their history has only recently ... |
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Genocide
...group of another there is a history of conflict and violence...group see their group, and a history of violence in dealing with...this evolution.There is a history of passivity. While internal enemies and the Jews were increasingly persecuted... |
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demography of the war
...the Nazi extermination of the Jews (see Final Solution), and civilian...before been registered in the history of armed conflict. In other theatres...The extermination of 6 million Jews, the majority of whom had...policy for the first time in history. The ... |
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racism
...organized racism in European history was the persecution of the Jews in fifteenth-century Spain...the wake of the victory, the Jews were expelled. Though converts...time of the expulsion of the Jews. H. F. AugsteinBibliography... |
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Israel
...pumped from the Sea of Galilee.History and PoliticsIsrael is part of...the Biblical Holy Lands (for history pre-1947, see Palestine...citizenship for all immigrant Jews. Following Egypt's nationalization...immigration of Falashas and Soviet Jews. Increasing ... |
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health foods
...dietary restrictions to the Jews, embedded among other laws they...Many cultures throughout history have observed similar restrictions...beef and Moslems avoid pork. History offers numerous examples of pious...others — also has a long history.The ancient ... |
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important dates in biblical history
important dates in biblical history bcec.1720Hammurabi ruler of the first Babylonian Empirec.1700Abrahamc...of Paul41Execution of James by Herod Agrippa I49Expulsion of Jews from Rome by Emperor Claudius51Paul before Gallio in Corinth54Nero... |
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Judaism
...belief and practice among all Jews. Yet it is appropriate if it draws...denoting those who accept the history and values of Judaism...kinship group followed different histories (a dramatic part of which...transliterated as Yahweh, but Orthodox Jews would not ... |
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Jewish people
...suffered periodic persecution. The Jews who went to Spain and Portugal...the Netherlands, and Italy. Jews who went to France and Germany...estimated there are 17.5 million Jews worldwide, with about 40...city-dwellers in their recent history, many ... |
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Samaritans
...29) and who were alleged by Jews to practise a form of Hebrew...Samaritans were despised by Jews as foreigners (Luke 17: 18...still had much in common with Jews. While the Samaritan Bible...Samaritans combined with the history of friction and dissent adds... |
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anti-Semitism
...Whilst Christian hostility towards Jews dates back to the first century...Marr or the Frenchman Ernest Renan, Jews were identified as a separate race...be considered Jewish. Throughout history, Jews had been made the scapegoats for... |
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Maccabees, books of
...recording the struggle of loyalist Jews against the forces of Hellenist...considerable overlap in telling the history) exist only in the Greek of...fictitious work compiled by a Jew in Alexandria at about the...concerning the triumphs of Jews over their ... |
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antisemitism
...This indeed became a threat in history. After the Fall of Jerusalem...accepted everywhere and by all Jews. It is possible to trace in the Passion...perhaps suffered persecution from Jews who disputed the Christian claim...represented by John 8: 44, where the ... |
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Holocaust, Shoʾah
...Judenrein’, free of Jews. From 1933 until war was declared in 1939, Jews were systematically...becomes powerless so that history may happen’ (Faith After the...g. God's Presence in History, 1970) distinguishing between... |
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Daniel, book of
...4) the culmination of all history is proclaimed with God reigning...beasts’ under whom the Jews suffer, but in the face of death...describing the faithfulness of Jews to their religion under babylonian...empires is an impression by a Jew of the past up to ... |
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Jesus
...devotion; born a Palestinian Jew c.4 BCE.1. The name. A common...Christians out of piety and by Jews out of revulsion, though in modern times ‘Jesus...mentions the expulsion of Jews from Rome in 49 CE when they had rioted...Romans but stoned to death by the ... |
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Bagels, Bongos, and Yiddishe Mambos, or the other history of Jews in...
...riff on revisionist history under the influence...was hard for anyone, Jews or otherwise--to...of Jewish-American history. The relationship Golden...a window into larger histories, is a rarity when it...Harlow (the marvelous Jew) selling out ... |
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Vines Intertwined: A History of Jews and Christians from the Babylonian Exile...
Vines Intertwined: A History of Jews and Christians from the Babylonian...Christians in the context of wodd history. The book covers nearly 1300...Jerusalem in 638 CE. Political history structures the organization...attention to the parallel ... |
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First time for national month recognizing the 352-year history of Jews'...
...limited understanding of American Jews and their cultural and historical...Americans in our discussions of history." "For too long American Jews have felt content to stand in...Senator David Levy Yulee was a Jew and also happened to be the...understand the ... |
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The history of Jews and Baseball.(Jews And Baseball: Entering the American...
...most detestable owners in the history of baseball." These are some...many second generation American Jews entered into the mainstream...The Boxermans contend that Jews who could play baseball and...greater community. Although Jews were attracted to baseball ... |
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Recalling the history of Jews and Germany
...the German and other European Jews who managed to escape or survive...larger picture of German Jewish history. He reaches back to the beginnings...wall" that divided Germans and Jews. She married an aristocratic...identity both as German and Jew. He refused ... |
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RADIO SERIES TRACES HISTORY OF JEWS IN AMERICA.(LA.COM)
...they know about their history in America. They have...his newspaper that the Jew was the world's foremost...Charles Lindbergh accused Jews of pushing the U.S. into World War II. One Jew was even lynched. Neighborhoods...combed archives for oral ... |
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RADIO SERIES TRACES HISTORY OF JEWS IN AMERICA
...they know about their history in America. They have...his newspaper that the Jew was the world's foremost...Charles Lindbergh accused Jews of pushing the U.S. into World War II. One Jew was even lynched. Neighborhoods...combed archives for oral ... |
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More Money, More Problems; Jacques Attali Tackles the Controversial History...
...world of finance.Attali, a Jew of Algerian back-ground...and attacks the imageof the Jew as genetically and magically...presents apositive image of the Jew, while describing the tragic...uponthe Jewish people throughout history.The historical background is ... |
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Weekend meeting highlights little-known history of Jews in the South.(The...
...proud moment for Southern Jewish history, and for humanity. The suit...typical view elsewhere was that Jews settled in the North, in places...weekend's meeting include Jews' participation in the Civil...Thomas Jefferson's death; Jews' role in the black civil ... |
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The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America.(Book review)
The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America. Edited...Retelling U.S. Religious History [1997] and Riv-Ellen Prell...explains that The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism is different...anthologies about American Jewish ... |
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