HIST 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sephardi Jews, Hasidic Judaism, Kabbalah
26 Sep 2016
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Hist 295 the holocaust; september 26, 2016. Lubavitch: most live in israel but they don"t recognize israel as a state. Zion, the promised land wasn"t supposed to be a manmade project. It was supposed to be delivered by the messiah. Chabad: most successful of the hassidic group. They missionize, they reach out to jews who don"t get involved in the religion. They will go through cities and try to revive judaism. Many are converting to their style of judaism. Kabbalah mystic interpretation of the bible. Halakha jewish law: hassidics say it is important to follow this law, there is also logic and wisdom to get to god. Immigration: 1st wave - jews started coming to new york (then new amsterdam) in the 1600s (1654) from brazil, mostly sephardic. Some came to canada: 2nd wave happens in the 19th century (1840s) from germany, not as many made it to canada though. Jews in german didn"t want to assimilate into germany.
