Background
“The World Jewry”
Timeline
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1312 BC Exodus from Egypt (led by Moses)
63 BCE Romans intervene in Judea, becomes Roman province
40 BCE Herod the Great is elected king of the Jews in the Roman senate
73 end of Jewish revolt, fall of Masada
131-136 Roman emperor tries to root out Judaism, kills 580,000 Jews
550 Talmud mostly finalized
1095-1496: killed by Europeans in Palestine, expelled in France, sent out of
Western Europe but accepted in Poland, expelled from Portugal and Germany
1648 Jews Poland 450,000 and worldwide population is 750,000
1871 Jews emancipated in Germany
1920 British Mandate in Palestine
1921 East Jordan closed to Jews and Arabs
1930 World Jewry is 15,000,000
1933 Hitler
1948 Jewish Independence
Judean Desert
Judean Desert
Old City
Masada
Masada
Modern Day Jerusalem
Zionism
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Jewish National Movement
Protection of the rights of Jews everywhere
Defense
1890’s Theodor Herzl makes preparatory steps
for Jewish national state and the World
Zionist Organization
Is Zionism racist?
• Some people find the notion of “the chosen
people” to be discriminatory. However, that
concept is a religious concept unrelated to
Zionism.
• Anti-Semites thought that Zionism was a plot
for Jews to take over the world.
• Zionism was thought to be a ploy to take over
the world
Given the chance to dream…
• Jews become heavily involved in the corporate
sphere
• Jews have a disproportionate influence in the
corporate sphere
• Become heads of industry
Why are they not religious?
• Most Jews have the belief that simply being
Jewish, implies religiosity.
• Hitler does not like the fact that many Jewish
Doctrines focus on today or “this life only” and
does not mention the afterlife.
Propaganda
• “Juden Raus”