Homelands: Conflict in the Middle East

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Part 1 of 3. Homelands: Conflict in the Middle East. Who are the Jews? How did the diaspora affect the Jews? What is Zionism? Why did the Jews want a homeland?. Focus Questions:. Who are the Jews?. Monotheism People of the Book Moses and the Israelites - The Chosen People. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Homelands: Conflict in the Middle

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Part 1 of 3

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Focus Questions:

Who are the Jews?How did the diaspora affect the Jews?What is Zionism?Why did the Jews want a homeland?

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Who are the Jews?

•Monotheism•People of the Book•Moses and the Israelites

-The Chosen People

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What Caused the Jewish Diaspora?

What is the Diaspora?

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Israel

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Romans destroy the Second Temple in 70 AD

The Western Wall (pictured) is all that remains of the Jewish temple.

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Jewish Diaspora

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How does this show the Diaspora?

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What is Anti-Semitism?

Discrimination against or

prejudice or hostility toward

Jews

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Anti-Semitis

mMarc Chagall

‘The White Crucifixion’

1938

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Zionism

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הרצל זאב בנימיןTheodor Herzl

You are a journalist at the first Zionist

conference in 1897 in Basel

Write TWO questions you

would ask Herzl

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Read about the 1st, 6th and 7th World Zionist Conferences in Basel

or from the link on ZoodleWhich countries were

investigated as a possible homeland for the Jews?

Which did they choose, and why?