History of Judaism

Any animal that would have been properly washed would have been considered clean by ancient Jews.

Most likely though, the question is regarding which animals qualify as kosher which means 'fit', not 'clean'. Ancient Jews considered the exact same animals as 'fit' as modern Jews do; any animal that both chews its cud and has split hooves as well as certain type of fowl such as chickens ducks and turkeys.

They eat any kind of meat except for pork. However, it MUST be kosher.

If you are talking strictly about the Holocaust, the answer is: The Boycott of the Jewish shops in Germany. If you are referring to Jewish history in general, it is difficult to find a single event. Persecution or Discrimination requires separate and unequal treatment which the Jews did not receive until midway through the Roman Empire. Before that point they were treated as an inferior nation just like every other minority in a constituent state.

At that time, there was a faction in Jerusalem called the Zealots (the Biryonim mentioned in the Talmud). They, against the advice of the Torah Sages, instigated a guerrilla campaign against the Romans in an attempt to drive them from the Holy Land, since the Roman rule was insufferably oppressive.

The worst crime in the Roman lexicon was revolt and insubordination; and they responded to the Zealots' provocations accordingly. They dealt with them with the utmost harshness because they (the Romans) feared that if they didn't do so, other conquered areas might revolt also.

Because they couldn't always tell the Zealots apart from the non-combative people, the Romans simply destroyed the entire city including the Temple.

The Hebrew word for sunflower is khamanit (חמנית) but this word has no spiritual significance in Hebrew.

The sunflower itself may have a spiritual meaning in other faiths though.

If a Jew removes a necklace he is wearing, then he is no longer wearing a necklace. There is no necklace with any religious significance in Judaism. If Jews wear necklaces they are ornamental, like earrings.

They were the first group in the middle east to practice monotheism (or at least monolatry, which is an early form of monotheism).

Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel.

The existence and preservation of the State of Israel is probably the clearest example of Zionism.

It goes back to Roman times, but became particularly severe at the time of the First Crusade (1096).

Some historians speculate that Christopher Columbus was secretly Jewish, as described on this linked page.

Lublinn Ghetto, Belzyce, Krasnik, Budyzn, Wieliczka, Plaszow, somwhere, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Brunnlitz

Jesus died clearly on what is called Good Friday, as the Jews would not do any form of work , or take the life of people on the cross on a sabbath.

The background of Jews is originally semetic, specifically from the levant area which now encompasses Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. You must then take into account that there are different types of Jews. These include Ashkenazi (Germanic), Sephardic (Iberian), and Mizrahi (Middle Eastern), along with other types as well. These specific Jewish types acquired some new genetic information from the areas they settled in through conversions, rape and intermarriage; this is the reason why some Jews have lighter skin while others darker.

As a general rule people who hate a particular race, religion or creed do so because of fear or ignorance. It is also encouraged by people with an agenda against that group, using propaganda, half truths and lies. Hatred also underlies much violence in the world. If people stopped exerting so much energy toward hating people who are different, they might just have the energy to rebuild this world to be a happier place.

The reasons for Jewish hatred have remained unabated. To see some of these reasons, check out the Related Question: Why do people hate the Jews?

Golda Meir was born the daughter of Moshe and Bluma Mabovitch in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 3, 1898. She moved with her family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1906. The Mabovitch family had fled their home in part to escape pogroms (mob attacks) that had been carried out against Jews in Russia at the time. Meir later recalled that her childhood terror of anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish) violence strongly influenced her later commitment to establish Israel as a safe, secure Jewish state.

The German Nazis murdered Jews because Hitler led the Germans to believe that the Jews were the source of Germany's economic troubles, and that eliminating them would fix this, as well as other things, such as creating a pure breed of Germans, etc.

It defines the Jewish religion and also has details of our early history.

According to the genealogy in 1 Chronicles 6:1-3, Aaron was a Levite, from the tribe of Levi.

Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel.

The Zionist leadership was ardently secularist with one or two critical exceptions. These leaders included Theodor Herzl (who developed the concept of Modern Jewish Nationalism or Zionism), Eliezer ben Yehuda (who developed the Modern Hebrew Language), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (Jewish Advocate to the British and Leader of the Palmach), Menachem Begin (Leader of the Irgun and future Israeli Prime Minister), and the Halutzim in general (the Jewish pioneers who arrived in the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s). On the religious side, there was primarily Rabbi Avraham Kook (First Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel and .founder of Religious Zionism) who was treading a new theological doctrine to back up Zionism with Jewish religious values.