Since March of 2011‚ more than 400‚000 lives have been terminated and more than 11 million have been displaced because of the war in Syria. Genocides is the deliberate killing of a large group of people‚ especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. This connects to the Holocaust because both are considered mass genocides. Night is a memoir of Elie Wiesel’s horrific experiences in the holocaust. He explains thoroughly in great detail on how the violence he witnessed‚ or endured‚ impacted
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.... Professor Nawal Mourad Research Methodology and Documentation 22 January 2014 Proposal Subject of my paper: The Golden Dawn’s influence on W.B Yeats’s writings. I am an M.A student majoring in English Literature. I chose to write this paper in order to get an up-close image of Yeats’s personal influences. I believe that in order to get a clear understanding of Yeats’s writings one needs to focus on the teachings and history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn which Yeats stood by
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the Abrahamic religions of Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate‚ particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah‚ the Cathars[citation needed]‚ and the Shia sects such as the Alawi Shias and the Druze and the Rosicrucians. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of Neoplatonism‚ Orphism‚ Hermeticism
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allows others (inmates‚ Kapos‚ etc.) to affect the way he feels towards his father. In Night‚ the relationship between Eliezer and his father is‚ at first‚ not strong. This is shown when Eliezer rebels against his fathers wishes of not studying Kabbalah and seeks guidance for this subject from the town hobo‚ Moishe the Beadle: “And Moishe the Beadle‚ the poorest of the poor of Sighet‚ spoke to me for hours on end about the Kabbalah’s revelations and its mysteries.” (Section 1‚ Paragraph 5‚ Page
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Eric Blair‚ who used the pen name George Orwell‚ wrote the book Animal Farm. This novel is a political book where Orwell criticizes Stalinism. Stalinism is Joseph Stalin’s concept of communism‚ which he used to rule the USSR. Joseph Stalin was a dictator for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ also known as USSR‚ from 1929 to 1953. When Stalin dictated the Soviet Union‚ he transformed the Soviet Union into an industrial and military superpower. He used terror to rule over his people and caused
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The appalling realities of war can break even the most powerful of a man’s convictions. During World War II‚ the Holocaust reduced even the strongest of men to struggle for the bare necessities of survival. Elie Wiesel‚ a victim of these horrifying acts‚ persisted through the death and suffering but did not leave unscathed. In his novel Night‚ Wiesel recounts the moving journey of a Jewish boy having his faith challenged by an almost unimaginable horror. Throughout the story‚ Wiesel’s passionate
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Kurdistan is a region containing the countries Iraq‚ Iran‚ and Turkey. (Encyclopedia Judaica). Zakho is in Northern Iraq‚ directly south of the Turkish border. (Saban‚ 9). 2. How did Jews arrive in Kurdistan and Zakho? Kurdish Jews descend from the 10 tribes exiled from Israel by Assyrian rulers. More specifically‚ they descend from the tribes of Dan and Naphtali. The Tanach mentions Jewish exile to Habor‚ Medes‚ and other towns along the Gozan River‚ now found in modern Kurdistan. King Tiglath-Pileser
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Eliezer thinks that God is not real because if he was real than he could have saved them from the Nazis. Eliezer saw imaginable things in the concentration camp that no one should ever see. At First‚ Elie wanted to learned more about the Lord and Kabbalah. Eliezer grew up in a very Jewish religious household‚ but he does not think God is real once at the concentration camps. Horrible things happened. In the end‚ the fire did signify that he had not lost his faith. When Eliezer was growing up
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Holocaust cut half of Jewish population. Judah meaning descent of Jews. Jews don’t eat pork. Dress modestly just like Islam. Sephardic: Spain‚ Palestine and North Africa Ashkenazi: Eastern Europe and Russia Jewish Theology: Torah: Word of God. Monotheist: Belief in one God. Shema: Prayer‚ pray to One God. Orthopraxy & Orthodoxy: Ortho = Correct‚ right. Praxy = Practice. Doxy = Thought or belief/opinion. Tanakh: The whole of Hebrew bible. Exodus: Deliverance of Israelites from Egypt
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them immediately‚ some gradually‚ forgot about their religion and beliefs and focused on fighting others for their portions of food. Before the Holocaust Elie was very religious. His main goal in life had been to further advance in his studies of Kabbalah. For instance‚ “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”(Night 6). It was as if he couldn’t even imagine his life without praying. Hunger and devastation wiped his memory of his religion. He couldn’t comprehend that God
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