The celebration of Sukkot is the Jewish festival of rejoicing. Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert‚ living in temporary shelters. Ushpizin takes place during this festival. There are customs seen in the movie such as gemah meaning acts of kindness‚ the waving of the four species‚ and the shtreimel; a circular fur hat made of fox tails that are worn on the Sabbath or holidays. There are three major traditions associated with Sukkot
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in 1981. Web. 17 May 2012. <http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_sadat_assassination.php>. PBS. PBS. Web. 17 May 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/middle_east/conflict/peaceefforts1.html>. "The Yom Kippur War." The Yom Kippur War. Web. 17 May 2012. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/73_War.html>.
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General Sharon planned to cross the Suez Canal with his Armored Brigade and cut the supply routes to the advancing Egyptian Armies. The only problem was that the Third and Second Egyptian Armies remained on the West side of the Suez Canal‚ crossing the Suez would have been devastating to the Israelis. On the other battle front‚ Israeli forces had pushed the Syrians back to the pre-war ceasefire lines. The IDF then launched a four-day counter-offensive deep into Syria. Within a week‚ Israeli artillery
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Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer and politician who remained the president of Egypt until his death on October 6‚ 1981. He was born on December 25‚ 1918. He was awarded Nobel Prize for his initiation of the peace negotiations with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin. Under their leadership‚ Egypt and Israel made peace with each other in 1979. Graduated from the Cairo Military Academy in 1938‚ Sadat was a politician from the very beginning. During World War II he conspired to exude
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Watergate scandal when in June 17‚ 1972 5 burglars broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington‚ D.C. That was the first and the only resignation of the US president. In October 1973‚ the Yom Kippur war occurred. It was originated by Arab-Israeli conflicts that were aggravated by the Six-Day war. Factually‚ it was the confrontation between Egypt and Syria and Israel‚ but practically these countries were supported by two great nuclear powers
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The Six Day War (also known as “naksah‚” or “failure” in Arabic) was an Arab-Israeli war fought in June 1967. Israel launched an offensive air strike that demolished almost all of Egypt’s air force on the first day‚ virtually guaranteeing air superiority for the rest of the war. Egypt’s allies quickly joined the fray‚ but to no avail—Jordan was reluctant to enter the war‚ and another airstrike by the Israelis wiped out two thirds of the Syrian air force. This crushing defeat for the Arabs and decisive
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Anwar Sadat was the third president of Egypt. He was a very intelligent and successful man. He was assasinated to end his career. He was born December 25‚ 1918 in Mit Abu alkum‚ Egypt. His wife was a lady named Jehan Sadat. Anwar Sadat was also a book writer and also known for his books. Some of his books include In Search of Identity‚ Those I have known‚ and many more. Some of his great quotes are “Fear is‚ I believe‚ a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of
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ARAB OIL BOOM The Arab oil boom took place after the 1967 war. The 1973 oil crisis began on October 17‚ 1973‚ when Arab members of the OPEC‚ during the Yom Kippur War‚ announced that they would no longer ship petroleum to nations that had supported Israel. This included the United States and its allies in Western Europe. At around this same time‚ the OPEC members agreed to use their leverage over the world price-setting mechanism for oil in order to quadruple world oil prices. The dependence
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Anwar El Sadat Born on December 25‚ 1918. Anwar el-Sadat served in the military before helping to overthrow his country’s monarchy in the early 1950. He served as vice president before becoming president in 1970. Though his country faced internal economic instability Sadat would later earn the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for entering into peace agreements with Israel. He was assassinated after on October 6‚1981 in Cairo‚ Egypt by Muslim extremists. I was Born into
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ARAB ISRAEL WAR (06 Oct -– 24 Oct 73) General 1. The war between the Arabs and the Israel which broke out in the Middle East on 6 Oct‚ 1973 is known to the Arabs as the War of Ramadan to the Israelis as the Yom Kippur War and generally to the others in the West as the Oct war. The Arabs tried to regain their territories lost in the earlier wars against Israel. After the defeat of 1956 war Egypt was helped by the Soviet Union and began to rebuild her armed forces from the grd up. Conti for six
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