The funeral is held during the daytime, any day besides Sabbath, which is Saturday, and Jewish holidays (Grollman, 1998). ... It consists of seven days in which the family stays home from personal pursuits and work, prays, and mourns. ... (Jewish Funeral Home, 2015). During their week at home, a candle is lit and the synagogue moves in. ... It is the start to their new life without the deceased (Jewish Funeral Home, 2015). ...

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His words were always helpful and brought hope into the homes of his followers. ... Special interest prisoners were held in higher regards as well. ... At home, they valued security, nourishment, and shelter, but they took it for granted, never thinking that it would be stripped away. ... Near the begginning of the book, right before the Jews were shipped away from their homes, a small flea market had taken place. ... Their previous treasures held no meaning here. ...

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The world watched as the horror unfolded, terrorism was brought into their homes for the first time. ... [Kushner, Harvey] The terrorists made their way to 31 Connollystrasse, home to the Israeli Olympic delegation athletes and coaches. ... They demanded the release of 234 Arab prisoners being held in Israeli jails and the release of the founders of the German Red Army Faction, Andreas Baader, and Ulrike Meinhof, who were being held in German prisons. ... Troger spoke of being deeply moved by the dignity with which the Israeli's held themselves, and that they seemed resigned to their fat...

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In the year 1179, the Catholic Church held the Third Lateran Council in Rome. ... This act resulted in riots being started and mobs throwing stones at the Jewish people and the roofs of the Jewish residents' homes being burned. ... In 1215, the Catholics held the Fourth Lateran Council stating that the king can make the Jews wear a badge as a public representation of the Jewish people. ... As a result of this letter being written to Oliver Cromwell, Cromwell held a conference of some of the prominent merchants, priests, and lawyers in England. ...

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In these "prisons" criminals have the comforts of home with all the amenities from a bed and cooked meals to a gym for recreation. ... After its failure various peace conferences where held at Camp David and Geneva where the Palestinians and their advisors were led to believe that 90 percent of the West Banks would be restore to Palestinian sovereignty; which it never occurred except for the acquisition of 42 percent of the 90. ... The IDF soldiers built sniper towers and electric fences with barbed wire around the border of the territories and ran daily sweep missions through the neighbo...

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An estimated 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes in 1948-49, and since then scores of thousands more have been pushed out by force, their houses demolished or taken over. ... Families are removed from their homes almost daily, and often given as little time as fifteen minutes to gather all their belongings. ... Jews feel they have the right to dispossess people of their homes based on a biblical claim that promises the land to Abraham and his descendants. ... Homes are not the only facet of Palestinians" lives that are targeted. ... They are placed under curfew, arrested for ...

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It represents a place where a historically oppressed people may call a safe haven and home. ... Shipler repeatedly emphasizes that the Israeli Jewish public exists completely unaware of the day-to-day occurrences in the West Bank, Gaza, and in Arab communities within Israel itself; People who have been stripped of their homes and farm lands by the Jews immigrating to Israel. ... Jewish-American Tourists would not typically experience this hatred held by Arabs towards Israeli Jews. ...

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In return, Israel is firing rockets at inhabited homes, strafing streets and important Palestinian buildings (Wilson-Smith 1). ... The Palestinians, therefore, had no right to take land and homes from the Israelis. ... In 1996, elections for a Palestine self-rule authority were held and Israel withdrew its forces from Lebanon in mid-2000. ...

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After serving his terms, he retired to his home in Mount Vernon, NJ where he lived out the rest of his days in peace. ... Afterwards, he formed a foundation dedicated to the study of terrorism, a very serious problem in his home country. ... Netanyahu also held various political positions before being elected Prime Minister of Israel. ...

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The Arabs' opposition to Zionism wasn't based on anti-Semitism as some of the Jews say but it was on a reasonable fear of the Palestinians losing their homes and their country. ... Land bought by the Jewish National Fund was held in the name of the Jewish people and could never be sold or even leased back to Arabs. ... Especially as the danger to European Jews was clear in the late 1930's and after, the actions of the Zionists were aiming to have a home in Palestine. ... The Balfour Declaration's commitment to a Jewish national home in the British mandate of Palestine w...

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Once the ship was within two days of the Halifax Harbour, Ottawa, which was under pressure from high ranking officials and politicians, had refused to grant the Jewish refugee families a home in Canada (National Post News, 2011). ... The Jewish refugees were held in eight different camps across Canada from which only two also housed Nazi prisoners (The Jewish Daily Forward, 2013). The point that 7000 European Jews had arrived on Canadian shores and were held in eight different camps across Canada whilst there were only two camps for the Nazi prisoners illustrates the vast majority of Jewish ...

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"(5) In 1897 the first Zionist Congress was held in Switzerland, which issued the Basle Programme on the colonization of Palestine and the establishment of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). (8) "A few Zionist immigrants had already started arriving in the area before 1897. ... John Quigley, "Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice." (5) By 1903, there were some 25,000 Jewish immigrants, mostly from Eastern Europe, they lived alongside about half a million Arab residents." (4) In 1904 the Fourth Zionist Congress decided to establish a national home for Jews in Argentina, but in 190...

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Direct elections for prime minister were held in 1996, 1999, and 2001. ... There was no lack of violence during those months, however, as the Israeli army ransacked Palestinians towns and refugee camps, carried out scores of assassinations and random killings of civilians, and demolished hundreds of homes. ...

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Most were given two weeks to sell their homes and possessions. ... Neighborhood people acted as scavengers and offered outrageously low prices for the Japanese homes, businesses, cars, and other personal belongings. ... The Japanese Americans were held in detention camps for three years from 1942-1945. ...

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The book of Genesis is the beginning of many things. It is the first book of the Christian Bible and the Hebrew Tanak. It also is the first book of the Pentateuch, or the Torah. Within its text lie stories of creation, the beginning of all things, and stories of the beginnings of the people of I...

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The five major Jewish bodies Messianic Jews Messianic began with Apostles. Messianic Jews believe that Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth is the promised Messiah of the Jewish scriptures. They still believe in maintaining a Jewish expression of their Faith. There are thousands of Messianic Jews. ...

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Not knowing exactly who the target was or who had committed this crime, the Israeli government decided to launch violent measures that included army raids, curfews, and closures throughout the Occupied West Bank killing a dozen youth with the declared goal of finding the three kidnapped teenagers under the operation name of "Return Our Sons Home". ... The army re-arrested without cause members of the Palestinian parliament and prisoners who had previously been freed, and also demolished the homes of suspects before any evidence for charges against them had been provided to the court ...

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Between 1967 and 1998, approximately 600,000 Palestinians have been held in Israeli jails for periods ranging from one week to life. ... For the most part it has failed, due to Israelis refusal to allow Palestinian refugees to return to their homes. ...

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The Construction of the Palestinian Social Movement. In Order to remember I shall continue to carve All the scenes of my tragedy And all the stages of the disaster On the olive tree in the courtyard of my house. In order to understand the origin, development and current status of the contemporary movement for reconciliation within Israel, we must first take a look at the historical impact that Zion colonialism has had upon Israeli Arabs, or the Palestinians. While the terms colonialism and imperialism are familiar, the term Zion colonialism is argua...

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Situated in Israel's capital city of Jerusalem, and perched atop a hill that is also home to Mount Herzl, the site of Israel's national cemetery, Yad Vashem is a long triangle-shaped structure that is cleverly and purposely constructed to exhibit a particular point during the Holocaust, right from the get-go. ... On a deeper level, the MOT intends "to prevent hatred and genocide from occurring to any group now and in the future by challenging people of all backgrounds to confront their most closely-held assumptions and assume responsibility for change".7 Wi...

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In the Orthodox (traditional) Jewish religion women are expected to stay at home and take care of the house and children. They do not do many of the religious mizvot (good deeds) that men do. Women are also made to dress modestly, and cover their heads. This does not mean that the Jewish religion l...

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Essay Question 1: How has the Arab Spring fundamentally changed Middle Eastern society and the evolution of future politics in the region? The implications of this movement have resulted in a global impact that crosses borders, oceans and continents, significantly affecting the social, political, and economic status of each country involved. This movement affects not only the future of those countries, but also the rest of the world due to the changing of fundamental beliefs at a national and geopolitical level. To be sure, political reform and economic reforms are intertwined, especially in ...

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The natives of the Americas have no distinct "homeland" either; should families be displaced from their homes in order to create one for them? ... In the late 1940s, most of their Arabs (>80%) in Palestine were driven into what is now known as "The Occupied Territories" by fear of terrorism such as the massacre at Deir Yassin (either that, or they voluntarily left their family homes to live in squalid refugee camps in order to happily make way for the peaceful Jewish takeover, if you're gullible enough to believe that story). ...

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Defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 precipitated a resumption of anti-British activities by both Haganah and Irgun in pursuance of their common ultimate goal, the establishment of a national home and the creation of a sovereign Jewish state. ...

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