POL 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Saul Bellow, Christian Zionism
16 Oct 2018
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Modernity: haskalan ( wisdom ) made judaism a private matter between man and. God, to be transacted in private: hasaidism ( piety ) demanded individual spontaneity and genuineness in a place of mechanical performance and formalistic ritual; communion w/god was conditional on inwardness and authentic religiosity. The pale: the pale of settlement - region between europe and russia where many. Jews lived [ukraine, belarus, lithuania etc: pogrom- caused many to move to follow their zionist ideals. Israelis felt extremely vulnerable due to their small size and strategic vulnerability. People: egypt- 95 million, jordan 9. 4 million (including palestinian refugees, syria-18. 4 million, gaza-1. 8 million.
