RS114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jakob Klatzkin, Judith Butler, Antisemitism
31 Oct 2016
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Israel is recognized, internationally, as a jewish state. it is a young country that was born in 1948. For political reasons, its history and its territories are the subject of dispute. Some zionists celebrate jewish independence day (a day which marks its founding) as a religious holiday. On that day, there are celebrations and on that day many jews recite prayers that are only said on major jewish holidays like passover, purim, and. Israel"s population, since its founding, has gone from 800,000 people to 7. 2 million people. More than half of the world"s jewry lives in israel. Israel was, for the span of a few centuries, under jewish kings. Jerusalem (a city that was destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, and attacked over 100 times). As a result of war and conquering powers, jews were exiled from israel and into the diaspora.
