REL 10200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nazi Concentration Camps, Orthodox Judaism, Gas Chamber
28 Jan 2017
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Alfred dreyfus a captain in the french army is falsely convicted of passing secrets to the germans. Death to judas, death to the jew . Jews aching for return to their homeland. Modern movement to return to ancient israel, on models of european. Zion became the name of the land of jerusalem, in the bible it is god"s house in. 1862-moses hess argues that jews needed a state modeled on socialist principles. Jews were not safe as minorities in european nations. Founded in 1897 by theodor herzi after the events of the dreyfus affair came to bare in 1894. Anti-semitism entrenched into european society & jews could only survive with their own homeland. He & pinsker cared so much for their people that any homeland would do. Orthodox jews rejected this because there was no messiah & return to the homeland could only be achieved through him.
