The Miracle of the Jewish People Joseph Sonnenblick All Rights Reserved

The State of Israel : Can it Survive ?

Outnumbered & Surrounded by its Enemies Arab Population 187 million Israel 6 million Arab Countries Square Miles : 1.9 million Miles Israel: 8000 Miles Arab Armies: 1.6 Million Israel: 600,000(includes reserves)

Arab Population 187 million Israel 6 million

Arab Countries Square Miles : 1.9 million Miles Israel: 8000 Miles

Arab Armies: 1.6 Million Israel: 600,000(includes reserves)

A World Against its Very Existence

A Media that Predicts its Demise Can Israel Survive ?

Can Israel Survive ?

With Friends like the U.N.…

Iran President: Israel "must be wiped off the map"... Iranian leader: Holocaust a 'myth'

Iranian leader: Holocaust a 'myth'

Can Israel Survive ?

American Jewry’s Demise Intermarriage Assimilation Indifference

Intermarriage

Assimilation

Indifference

Question: Is this Something New? History Repeats itself The Jewish People have been through this before We need to look and study our past Yerushalmi ( Zahor) writes “If Heroditus was the father of history, the father of the meaning in history was the Jews”

History Repeats itself

The Jewish People have been through this before

We need to look and study our past

Yerushalmi ( Zahor) writes “If Heroditus was the father of history, the father of the meaning in history was the Jews”

Learning from History “ Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.” Machiavelli

“ Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.” Machiavelli

Ancient Israel : Surrounded by Powerful Empires Assyria & Babylonia to the North Egypt to the South

Assyria & Babylonia to the North Egypt to the South

Assyrians & Babylonians 722 Assyria Conquers the Northern Kingdom Expels 10 Tribes – 10 “Lost Tribes” 586 Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem and the Temple

722 Assyria Conquers the Northern Kingdom

Expels 10 Tribes – 10 “Lost Tribes”

586 Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem and the Temple

Greeks & Romans 169 BCE - Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes outlaws Judaism, Profanes the Temple 70 CE Fall of Jerusalem 2 nd Temple Destroyed Jews exiled to Rome

169 BCE - Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes outlaws Judaism, Profanes the Temple

70 CE Fall of Jerusalem

2 nd Temple Destroyed

Jews exiled to Rome

 Destruction & Exile 70 CE The Jewish People go into Exile

70 CE The Jewish People go into Exile

Ancient Period - Empires Focus: Palestine/Judea, Nationalism Religion: Temple –based Temple – destroyed Medieval Period – Religions Focus: Galut ( Exile) Religion: Torah(Yavneh, Babylonia) & Prayer Christianity & Islam Contend with Judaism Persecution & Anti Semitism

Focus: Palestine/Judea, Nationalism

Religion: Temple –based

Temple – destroyed

Medieval Period – Religions

Focus: Galut ( Exile)

Religion: Torah(Yavneh, Babylonia) & Prayer

Christianity & Islam Contend with Judaism Persecution & Anti Semitism

The Medieval Period: Jews in the Christian World Jews are Accused of Deicide – Christ Killers Christians claim G-d’s covenant with the Jews is void: Jews are no more G-d’s Chosen People

Jews are Accused of Deicide – Christ Killers

Christians claim G-d’s covenant with the Jews is void: Jews are no more G-d’s Chosen People

Christian Anti Semitism Assumes many Forms Blood Libels Host Desecration

Blood Libels

Host Desecration

The Crusades

The Spanish Inquisition

Expulsions England – 1290 France - 1305 Germany – 1394 Spain – 1492 Portugal - 1496

England – 1290

France - 1305

Germany – 1394

Spain – 1492

Portugal - 1496

Despite Persecutions… Jewish Genius Rashi - Commentary Bible & Talmud Rambam - Jewish Law, Philosophy & Medicine

Rashi - Commentary Bible & Talmud

Rambam - Jewish Law, Philosophy & Medicine

Modern Period Emancipation & Enlightenment Raise High Hopes & Expectations for Jews

Emancipation & Enlightenment Raise

High Hopes & Expectations for Jews

But Anti-Semitism Assumes New Forms Racial Anti-Semitism: Jews are inferior race Nationalism – Shared Loyalty to the Nation Jews seen as “Alien” Dreyfus Affair

Racial Anti-Semitism: Jews are inferior race

Nationalism – Shared Loyalty to the Nation Jews seen as “Alien”

Dreyfus Affair

The Holocaust Hitler comes to Power 1933 Nuremberg Laws 1935

Hitler comes to Power 1933

Nuremberg Laws 1935

Kristallnacht - 1938

The Final Solution

The Holocaust 6 Million Jews Killed Europe - Judenfrei

1948 – State of Israel Declared! First Time in 2000 Years Independent Jewish State

First Time in 2000 Years Independent Jewish State

Jewish Contribution to the World The Bible – First System of Ethics & Monotheism Ten Commandments Ideas like “Love thy Neighbor as Yourself”  Judeo Christian Heritage founded on Jewish ideas 740 Nobel Prizes Between 1901 and 2004 - 156 are Jews Medicine – 29% Chemistry – 19% Economics – 38% Physics – 26% Peace – 10%

The Bible – First System of Ethics & Monotheism

Ten Commandments

Ideas like “Love thy Neighbor as Yourself” 

Judeo Christian Heritage founded on Jewish ideas

740 Nobel Prizes Between 1901 and 2004 - 156 are Jews

Medicine – 29%

Chemistry – 19%

Economics – 38%

Physics – 26%

Peace – 10%

Jewish Thinkers Sigmund Freud Karl Marx Alert Einstein

Judaism & its Influence “ The Jew is the Emblem of Eternity …the first to produce the Oracle of G-D” Leo Tolstoy

“ The Jew is the Emblem of Eternity …the first to produce the Oracle of G-D”

Leo Tolstoy

Judaism & Liberty Liberty Bell in Philadelphia – “Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land” ( Leviticus 25:10)

Liberty Bell in Philadelphia – “Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land” ( Leviticus 25:10)

The Jewish Influence "I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation” “ They have given religion to three-quarters of the globe and have influenced the affairs of mankind more and more happily than any other nation, ancient or modern” John Adams , 2nd President of the United States

"I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation”

“ They have given religion to three-quarters of the globe and have influenced the affairs of mankind more and more happily than any other nation, ancient or modern”

John Adams , 2nd President of the United States

Judaism & the Modern World : “ The Laws of Moses as well as the laws of Rome contributed suggestions and impulse to the men and institutions which were to prepare the modern world “ U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

: “ The Laws of Moses as well as the laws of Rome contributed suggestions and impulse to the men and institutions which were to prepare the modern world “ U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

Influence on America Yale University Seal Columbia University Seal

Yale University Seal

Columbia University Seal

The Miracle of Jewish History Mark Twain Harper's Magazine ,1898 “ The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then . . . passed away. The Greek and the Roman followed. The Jew saw them all, beat them all… All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?”

Mark Twain Harper's Magazine ,1898

“ The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then . . . passed away. The Greek and the Roman followed. The Jew saw them all, beat them all… All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?”

The Miracle of the Jewish People “ A Jew who does not believe in miracles is not a realist” David Ben Gurion - First Prime Minister of the State of Israel:

“ A Jew who does not believe in miracles is not a realist” David Ben Gurion - First Prime Minister of the State of Israel: