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Israel
Located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is the only Jewish-majority state in the world. It has a total land area of 22,072 sq km with an estimated population of approximately 7.7 million as of 2010.
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Why is Anti-Semitism towards Sephardi Jews in Israel so common?
Ashkenazim Jews from Israel have animosity towards Sephardi Jews from Israel. Ashkenazim view them as second class Jews. Before 1492 it was the other way around. Sephardi shined more than Ashkenazim then. It is like a wheel of fortune.
There are very smart Ashkenazim but there are very smart Sephardi too. Sephardi Jews should not be treated as second class Jews because of the color of their skin since both are Jewish... Ashkenazim and Sephardi should be treated equally well.
The above outlines the historical context, but does not provide an answer. The typical reason that there was intra-Jewish discrimination in Israel was that Mizrahim (Jews from the Arab World typically called Sephardim) were typically uneducated, superstitious, and generally not very well-informed about how the world worked. European Jews were lawyers, bankers, and doctors (for the most part) and Arab Jews were merchants, tradesmen, and artisans (for the most part). Because of these adjustment issues, Mizrahim generally were poorer and stuck out like sore thumbs in the Western-Style Israeli System.
Anti-Mizrahi discrimination in Israel is fast-disappearing as the children and grandchildren of the original immigrants are more at home in Israel, serve in the Armed Forces, and generally have close relations with Ashkenazim (European Jews).
Answer:Let's not generalize. Very many Sephardim and Ashkenazim are marrying each other recently.A dreidel is a little toy top that is spun in a game played on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Its use dates back for centuries. It has four sides, each with a Hebrew letter imprinted on it, symbolizing a word from the following statement (translated into English from the Hebrew):
"A big miracle happened there," (when outside of Israel).
"A big miracle happened here," (when inside of Israel).
To play, you need the dreidel and some kind of pieces for counting - straws, pennies, nuts, etc. The top is spun and each letter has a value, based on which you either give your straws or take.
It's a tradition for kids to play on Hanukkah and get 'gelt' (small money or a prize) after winning. Chocolate coins are popular.
The State of Israel is not an illegal country. Nor was it established by force. The British took contol of the Region called Palestine (the name was given by the Romans) after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The British set aside the current state of Israel (including Judea and Samaria (known to some as the West Bank) in the Balfour Declaration in 1917. It took another 30 years before the United Nations declared two states for the region on November 29,1947. A state for Jews and and a State for the Arabs who lived in the Area.
Is chagas disease present in Israel?
No, it is only present in the Americas, specifically Latin America.
Why are Zionist Jews proud of the fact that they killed Jesus Christ?
Answer 1
Zionism was a Jewish nationalist movement whose goal was to create and support a Jewish national state in Palestine. They were not a movement at the time Jesus was crucified. If there are any "Zionist" today who are proud, as you say, of the fact they killed Jesus, then they are misguided and need our prayers.
Answer 2
Jews, regardless of whether they are Zionist or not, do not recognize the Christian claim that they killed Jesus. Jesus was executed by a bloodthirsty Roman Tyrant: Pontius Pilate. However, Paul and Peter could not sell Christianity to the Gentiles while claiming that the Roman people were responsible for the Death of the Savior, so the line in Matthew ascribing bloodguilt to the Jews was added to avoid condemning the Romans for their act. Jews, while not major fans of Jesus are not responsible for his death and therefore are not proud or remorseful for it.
What is 500 Sheqalim bank of Israel worth and how can you turn it in?
If it's shekels and not New Israeli shekels, it's worth less than the cost of the paper itself.
500 old shekels are worth roughly $0.20 USD - if they could be exchanged at all. There is no 500 NIS bill.
What two Arab countries went to war from 1980 to 1988?
There are no two Arab countries that were at war from 1980-1988. However, the question is likely referring to Iraq and Iran which did go to war during that exact period. The only thing is that Iran is not an Arab State. Iranians are majority-Persian.
sychor - a town, and samaria a region/state. sychor was within samaria xx
What ended the independence of the kingdom of israel?
The Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrian Empire in 722 B.C.E. effectively ending its independence.
Status of peace treaty of israel palestinians?
The Israel-Palestinian peace agreement is a two-state solution, but currently it is still in the works.
There are hundreds of such fights and disputes right now. See the attached Related Link for a full list with provided details.
What are the odds that a person born in Israel would be from Bethlehem?
The answer depends on exactly what you means by "from" Bethlehem: born in Bethlehem or currently living in Bethlehem. If he first, then let X = All persons born in Bethlehem.
Y = All persons born in Israel.
The probability of a person born is Israel being from Bethlehem is X/Y.
There is probably a need for a correction, though. What about people born in Bethlehem before 1948. Whatever your political angle, they were not born in Israel because Israel did not exist as a state that time!
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What is the largest desert in Israel?
The Negev Desert, which is an extension of the Sinai and Arabian deserts.
If you were born in Israel does that make you a Jew?
Answer 1
No. Being born in Israel makes you an Israeli. Being Jewish is an ethno-religious identity. Most Israelis are Jewish, but being born in Israel is not a criterion for being Jewish; conversion to Judaism or being born to a Jewish mother is.
Answer 2
You're Jewish if one of your parents are Jewish. According to many Orthodox synagogues, you're only considered Jewish if your mother was Jewish, since being Jewish traditionally comes from the mother. Many people forget that Jews are a race, not just a religion. If you're born in Israel, you're an Israeli, but not necessarily a Jew. Just like if you were born in India, for example. It doesn't make you Hindu.; it just makes you a native of India.
Of course it all depends on your parents. If one of your parents are Jewish, you're considered half-Jewish ethnically, and if your mother was Jewish, many will recognize you as fully Jewish.
Answer 3
Answer 2 is wrong. You are Jewish only if your mother is Jewish - or if you convert to Judaism. And anyone is welcome to and able to convert if they wish to; Jews just don't seekconverts.
If you are born in Israel, then your nationality is 'Israeli'. But around 25% of Israelis are not Jewish. There are Muslims, Christians, Druze, atheists, Bahais and various other faiths all living and worshiping freely in Israel.
And just to add to the previous answer: even in Reform Judaism, if your father is Jewish but not your mother, you are only Jewish if you have been raised as a practicing Jew in a Jewish environment.
Answer 4
If you are born in Israel, you are an Israeli by nationality. You can also be considered an Israeli if you are an inhabitant of Israel, though not always legally. Those that are born in Israel are not however automatically Jewish. Those that are Jewish often decided to be Jewish, because Judaism is a religion, not a nationality or ethnicity, especially if you do not live in Israel. To be a Jew, you must be an adherent of Judaism, and not all born in Israel are.
According to Jewish Law in Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, you are Jewish if your mother is Jewish. Some strains of Reform Judaism accept patrilineal descent as a criterion for Jewishness, provided that the child has been raised as a practicing Jew. In those cases, this means that you are Jewish if either your father or your mother is Jewish. All strains of Judaism also accept converts.
According to Israeli immigration law (the Law of Return), non-Israelis who move to Israel can obtain automatic citizenship if one grandparent is Jewish (as the Nazis identified Jews during the Holocaust).
Being born in Israel doesn't automatically make you either Jewish or Israeli. Your status depends on your parents.
What did US do in the war of independence in 1948?
Nothing. The United States remained neutral during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948.
Israel is in Asia.
Deutsch: Israel ist Teil von Asien.
Many people around the world agreed with the formation of the state of Israel because of the events associated with the Holocaust. The Holocaust bore out two major truths as concerned the Jewish people. The first was that without a government loyal to their interests, they could easily be targeted against and brutally murdered. The second major truth was that such an event was no longer a hypothetical since 6 million Jews were intentionally mass-murdered by what had previously been seen as one of the most progressive modern countries: Germany.
However, there were numerous other reasons that people supported the formation of the State of Israel, such as:
1) Be Gone & Good Riddance: (written by someone else) Many nations looked on with favor and relief, assuming that all Jews would eventually migrate there, and the nations would finally be rid of them. But even that fond hope was not enough for most Muslim nations, who bitterly opposed the creation of Israel, and after 64 years, still do.
2) Middle East Control: Although it seems odd to say it today, both the United States and the Soviet Union believed that Israel could be converted to "their side" in the Cold War. Given that any Jewish State in the Arab World would be isolated, it would be natural for such a state to create a strategic relationship with one of the major powers. Additionally, a Jewish State might be able to influence neighboring Arab states and make them more pliant as concerns oil shipments. Both the USA and USSR supported the Creation of the State of Israel for these strategic reasons.
3) Solidarity with the Oppressed: Many nations in Latin America supported Israel because they sympathized with the oppressed Jewish people and saw the Independence of Israel as akin to their wars against Spain/Portugal and the internal fights for more indigenous equality.
4) Because It's the Right Thing to Do: There was certainly support for a Jewish State because some just saw it as the proper thing to return Palestine to the Jews. Churchill, who was no longer Prime Minister, held many pro-Zionist views out of respect for the Jews and their contribution to that region of the world.
5) Diplomatic Pressure: Both the United States and Soviet Union pressured their allies and third world countries to support the United Nations Resolution. This does not make the vote any less valid, but is worth noting.
6) Jewish Nationalism: Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view of denigrating "the Other" persists. In Europe, it is now directed at the Muslims since the Jews are not large enough of a threat to the European System. Unlike Muslims, though, which can return to their countries of origin if the discrimination becomes intolerable, the Jews did not have such a place. This is why the Jewish State is necessary. Since it came into existence it has accepted Jewish political refugees from over 50 nations and flown missions at its own expense to rescue Jews from at least 10 nations.
7) Jewish Character of the Land: Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah. There are additional political reasons why Palestine and not Europe. As explained above, the European Culture is strongly anti-Other and making a Jewish State there would have fostered much more contempt and alienation (ironically).
8) Religion: A sizable number of Jews and Christians were motivated by their religious beliefs to repatriate the Jews to their ancestral homeland.
Why was a Jewish state created in the Middle East after World War 2?
I believe it was instigated by the Americans due to the historic ties of the Jewish People to Israel
Do you not know of the holocaust? after that most nations in the WORLD agreed on the creation of a Jewish state not just the US. Plus the Jewish have been wanting to nationalize just like Italy did. why don't they deserve to have a country of there own. not to mention, that they fought WWI and there want for there own country was unknown of and ignored.
