... and the trouble they faced in order to immigrate was the widespread presence of anti – Semitism in Canada (The Quebec History Encyclopedia, 2006). This deterred countries from accepting large numbers of refugees. In 1938, after Kristallnacht had taken place, the Canadian Jewish parliament had arranged to sponsor 10,000 Jewish refugees to Canada and assure their financial support yet, the ... implemented on ordinary immigrants, which was difficult for the Jewish refugees to fulfill (The Quebec History Encyclopedia, 2006). Prime Minister Mackenzie King wrote in his diary on March 29, 19...

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... country s elder statesmen in the royally nominated Senate, and eight percent of university professors were Jewish; and there are more instances of Jews in influential positions. Note that although these numbers may not appear large, the Jews of Italy constituted only one tenth of one percent of the entire population, making them a tiny minority overall in the country. Now we turn ... to the question of whether or not anti-Semitism spoiled any of the vast successes that were enjoyed by the Jews during their prime period after the turn of the century. As it turns out, a nuanced answer is ...

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... was kept during the First Temple. (The Tabernacle Place, 2004) Jewish sources write that pilgirms sense the presence not only of the here-and-now, but also of the untold numbers of people who through commitment and hardship streamed this wall. Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger writes "since the gate of heaven is near the Western Wall, it is understandable that all Israel ... in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is where Jesus lived, died, was resurrected and after his ascension, where the Holy Spirit visited his disciples. From the earliest days of Christianity, Jereusalem has been a prime focus of pilgrimage. ...

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... of common Jewish men and women after the 1648 massacres, the word of the Ba"al Shem spread rapidly throughout the densely populated Jewish communities of Poland. It attracted vast numbers of the poorest Jews in the shtetls of Poland. Thousands came to see his hysterical prayer and evangelical healing sessions. The motivations for the joining members of the Hasidic sect ... of the Jewish community. The changes it enacted, giving hope to the common Jew, predictably meant an undermining of the traditional leadership. Also, the idea of Talmudic scholarship being the prime source of interact...

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