Jewish people are some of most influential people in the world today. Jews have helped societies all around the world develop into advanced societies. This research explores several aspects of the Jewish plight. The first phase of the research discusses the diverse wars waged against the Jews, in turn scattering them around the world and all too often forcing them to assimilate into an indigenous culture.
[...] Jews have repeatedly been directly or indirectly expelled from their original homeland as well as the areas in which they resided. The experience of being both immigrants and emigrants has shaped the Jewish identity and their religious practice. The seed was first sown when Abraham (lived in the Old Testament of the Bible) became a migrant to the land of Canaan from Ur of the Chaldees. The Children of Israel sometime later experienced the Exodus (departure) from ancient Egypt into the wilderness. [...]
[...] Like so many other pioneer Jews after them, Don Francisco and his sons started their new lives selling goods at nearby mining camps. In the midst of their despair the family turned to their religion all the more fervently. They sustained their morale with a round of secret Judaic rites. Isabel, one of five daughters belonging to Rodriquez Caravajal promised her mother Dona Guiomar before leaving Spain that she would plead with the governor to return to the laws of Moses (Rochlin, 1984). [...]
[...] Moreover, when slavery became a heated debate in the United States, the feeling of American Jews in the North where the majority lived was overwhelmingly behind Abolition. However, Jews against slavery living in pro-slavery states were threatened often. Rev. Dr. David Einhorn, an intellectual leader of American Judaism is one Jew who was threatened for his loquaciousness pertaining to the inequalities of slavery. To escape the pro-slavery rabble-rousers Rev. Einhorn was advised by the trustees of his congregation to flee to Philadelphia until the disturbance died down. [...]
[...] As the number of Jews grew within the region so did the interest of ferreting them out. By the middle of 1586 the Holy Office had organized a full-scale investigation of the secret Jews living in the city. Luis and his brother were planning to flee to Italy, but their sister Isabel was arrested and denounced a Judiazer. While being tortured Isabel gave information that prompted the Holy Office to put her relatives in jail including the governor Don Luis Caravajel. [...]
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