The Impacts of the Transformative Period on the Younger...

In order to adequately analyze the path that the Jewish community took to becoming integrated members in the majority society, it is important to look at the personal experiences of the Jewish individuals that had to continue leading their lives, despite the persistent discrimination and rejection that characterized much of their lives. Though there are many literary resources available to illustrate the experience of the Jew in the 18th and 19th centuries, the memoirs of Pauline Wengeroff, Salomon Maimon, and Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi will serve to shape the image of Jewish life after the emancipation processes were complete. The topic of this essay will be the impact of the transitional and transformative period on the younger members of the Jewish population. In other words, the focus will be on how the cultural upheavals and community modifications led to the creation of an entirely new Jewish identity, one that can be characterized by the desire to modernize and move away from the practices causing the deep chasm in society. It is critical to point out that despite the completion of legislation and actions of the government to fully emancipate the Jew, the social and cultural divides were still running rampant in society. Assimilation or acceptance into society was not a task that the government could complete simply by passing laws forbidding exclusion it was much more reliant on the attitudes and actions of individuals in what was previously considered theShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesParadigm for an Urban World †¢ Howard Spodek 53 3 Women in the Twentieth-Century World Bonnie G. Smith 83 4 The Gendering of Human Rights in the International Systems of Law in the Twentieth Century †¢ Jean H. Quataert 116 5 The Impact of the Two World Wars in a Century of Violence †¢ John H. Morrow Jr. 161 6 Locating the United States in Twentieth-Century World History †¢ Carl J. Guarneri 213 7 The Technopolitics of Cold War: Toward a Transregional Perspective †¢ GabrielleRead More65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays 2nd Edition 147256 Words   |  190 Pagesinvolved. We worked with the new agency to create an identity that highlighted our unique personality. Marketing committee meetings were well...attended, and members were active participants; they planned business development initiatives under the theme, Growing the business is everybodys business. Most importantlv, many of the consulting team members personally thanked me for making participation in business development so easy. Through this experience, I matured as a leader and learned that leadingRead MoreRastafarian79520 Words   |  319 Pagesfully by the elite who, to a large extent, ran the educational apparatus and the economic system. But much of the country was beginning to question in earnest the structure of colonial society by the early 1930s. The emergence of Rasta during that period corresponds with so much that was happening around the world. Rastas could tell that social unrest in Jamaica was going to lead to a movement away from colonial rule and, having heard Marcus Garvey speak of the importance of Africa to black people