sacraments like marriage. In the beginning, therefore, the term only referred to the heretics in a very generic way, but it did not take long to relate these heretics to a whole collection of practices considered aberrant and sinful, among which those of a sexual nature were evidently ...
While the Jewish people were getting persecuted around Europe, one country was fighting to protect them. Denmark saved several thousand people from the persecution of the Nazi Germans during a time in which most countries just gave up their Jews to the suffering and death. The country Denmark di...
“IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS?”was a question I constantly grew up with. Having been raised in an upper middle class Jewish environment whenever a presidential campaign took place the question asked by the Jewish Community was, “Is he good for the Jews?” Never was the question asked, “...
He effectively controlled the most important institutions associated with non-orthodox Judaism in Germany and shared the stage with Angela Merkel and other politicians. Homolka did not hesitate to speak on behalf of all Jews when he said, “the Shoah is no longer central to my generation.” Not...
How did Erwin Rommel impact World War II? How did Stalin cause the Holodomor? How did Idi Amin came to power? Describe the events in Europe leading to the rise of Hitler and the beginning of World War II. In your opinion (based on those events) could World War II have been avoided...
Jews to exterminate the entire population of Jews in Europe. The rise of the Nazi Party in 1933 impacted negatively on the lives of many Jews throughout Europe because it changed life of Jews economically, socially,and politically, they were treated horribly, and many Jews were executed when ...
The various groups operated independently and did not necessarily agree with one another. In fact, there was friction between the AS and the FTP. The AS saw the communist-led FTP as causing trouble with its acts of sabotage, while FTP referred to the AS as the "wait and see boys," acco...
and Reich Commissioner of Aviation. The details of his work in saving Jews from execution were detailed in Steven Spielberg’s award-winning film, Schindler’s List, which was released in 1993. [142] In 2005, former US Army Private Herbert Lee Stivers, who served in the 1st Infantry Divisi...
How did the Crusades change history in Europe? A Unified Europe and a Divided Christendom Western Civilization is so called, ultimately, because of the legacy of the Western Roman Empire. The development of the West following the fall of the Eternal City in 476 CE almost guaranteed some kind ...
Can Israel, a country that's come so far and sacrificed so much, keep up the will to fight? Daniel Gordis is confident his fellow Jews can renew their faith in the cause, and in Saving Israel , he outlines how. Gordis has written many popular personal essays and memoirs in the past,...