Midterm Flashcards
When was the French Revolution
What happened
1789
Everyone emancipated except Jews
When was emancipation
What was
1791
Jews given equal rights and freedom
When did Zionism begin
Abraham lech lecha
Leshanah ha ba beyerushalaim
Moses led Jews to Israel
5 cities for old yishuv
Tiberius Jerusalem Beer Sheva Safed Chevron
Why did modern Zionism come about in the 1800s
Jews believed they had been fully equal because of emancipation but they still weren’t
What was the Dreyfus affair
French Jewish officer accused of being a spy for German army. Herzl came to report and saw that antisemtism was alive and well.
Modern Zionism examples
WZO
Chibbat Zion
Basel program
1881
Czar assasinated by revolutionaries and Jews were blamed and pogroms began in the pale of settlements
3 types of antisemitism
Religious (Jews are Christ killers)
Racial
Anti Israel
1882
May laws : Jews were kicked out of jobs and into larger cities in hopes of assimilating them
Kishinev pogrom
1903
Pale of settlements pogrom
1881-1884
What was the Cantonist system
Jews age BLANK were conscripted into czar’s army for 25 years in hopes 1/3 would die and 1/3 would convert. Rich ppl could pay it off
Who was Leo pinsker
Lived in Russia
Assimilated
Medical dr
Expected to be emancipated soon but no sorry 1881 pogroms
Became Zionist
Created Zionist organization (hibbat zion)
Socialism quote
Work according to your ability and receive according to your need