MMW 14 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Bilu, Olive Oil, History Of The Jews In The Ottoman Empire

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 14
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

Modern zionism is different from traditional zionism because traditional zionism relies on waiting for god to send the jews back to israel at the end of the world and modern. The jews had always experienced persecution in western europe, but it didn"t start getting really bad until the crusades. The french revolution gave the jews a chance to assimilate into french society and the northern reaches of europe were opened up to them again. Lots of assimilation in the mid 19th century. The 18th century brought increased persecution esp following the partition of poland. In russia, the jews were persecuted for not assimilating into society yet they were barred from participating in most social and civic events. They were eventually banned from living in major cities in the interior and forced into other territories. Jews in russia held very tightly to their beliefs since they were persecuted. Zionism mostly started in the young jews that had wanted to assimilate into.