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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
PERIOD 1 - "THE LONGEST HATRED'
You recently viewed the PBS Documentary The Longest Hatred and today you listened to Rabbi Swarttz lecture on the subject. Please share what you learned with each other and feel free to ask any question(s) that you would like answered by the Rabbi in the future.
15 comments:
Christopher Armand
said...
I thought that Rabbi Swarttz' presentation was excellent. I learned a lot about why the Jewish community has been ostrasized and discriminated against. I had never known about all the prejudice that the Jews faced before WWII and was suprised about how the Christian and Protestant church were both main proponents of this hatred. It was also suprising to learn that the different stereotypes that Jews are portrayed as were based upon the fact that Jews were limited to certain jobs such as usury, which increased the dislike for the Jewish population.
I have often wondered what caused the anti-semitism which persists throughout America and the rest of the world. It was very interesting for me to find that this hatred was initiated in the time of Christ, and that the multiple stereotypes of Jews were forced upon them by society. For example, they were the only people allowed to handle money and therefore became known as cheap and stingy. It was also shocking to find that the Jews very likely did not kill Jesus, but were blamed for the atrocity because the Romans were to great a power for the Christains to contest. Watching "The Longest Hatred" has given me a better understaning of anti-semitism,how it has evolved, and also the horrific things which have resulted from it. This hatred is disgusting and I am glad that I live in a country where all races and religions are accepted. God Bless America.
I thought that the movie "The Longest Hatred" and Rabbi Swarttz did a great job of informing me the past of how the hatred of the Jews bagan and how it evolved. It seems pretty crazy today that one man could influence an entire nation to believe that Jews were inferior to everyone else. Before watching "The Longest Hatred", listening to Rabbi Swarttz, and taking this class i was very naiive about why the Holocaust happened. After just one quarter the Facing History and Ourselves course has already taught me so much about why the Holocaust ever happend. God bless America... and no place else.
I learned many diffrent facts from the PBS Documentary The Longest Hatred and listening to Rabbi Swarttz on what most jews had to face during this time period. I couldnt imagine anything situation like the Holocaust ever happingn now. It amazes me that this event didnt happen that long ago. I learned a lot about the jewish community and what really the jewish race had to overcome during this time period.
I enjiyed the lecture given by Rabbi Swarttz. He was able to give a lot of extra detail to the information that we had learned from the film. I agree with the comment that Chris made, I was equally surprised at how much the Christian followers were opposed to the Jewish Community and a huge reason for the Jews' suffering. I was also surprised to know that the hatred towards the Jews began in the time of Christ and ancient times. The hatred would only then continue from there.
After watching The Longest Hatred and listening to Rabbi Swarttz's lecture I feel much more educated on the Jewish culture and how Jewish people were treated by Nazis. Before this I knew very little about the Jewish culture and now I know that they see themselves as a nationality and a religion and they try to stick together. I learned about how they are kosher and their views on eating animals. I also learned how Hitler slowly gained power by putting down Jewish people with lies and playing on stereotypes. The only part about the documentary that confused me was the part where they were talking about a Jewish ceremony that involved the remains of a child, I didn't really understand what the ceromony was for.
I really appreciated Rabbi Swarttz coming in and sharing his perspective on the longest hatred. I found him insightful and interesting to listen to. He seems to be a well informed man and is a wonderful representation of his religion and his people. He answered my questions thoroughly and with great honesty. Despite the short time i had to know him, i feel that he is definitely a man to be admired. It is atrocious that a religion supposedly based off of good morals and love stooped to such hypocrisy in its persecution of the Jews. Despite the Catholic faith's apology, it is still hard to justify and get over hundreds of years of persecution and hatred. There's really nothing that could make up for that. It makes me upset to think about countries renouncing their antisemitic roots and erecting crosses in the memorials of concentration camps. I think thats really inappropriate and disrespectful. Who is to say which religion holds the Truth anyway ? What if neither does ? its certainly not worth killing, hating and fighting over, thats for sure. Especially since no one actually knows what the Truth really is.
I agree wiht Marisa, it was awful.It was very interesting for me to find that the Jews didn't not kil Jesus but were blamed for the atrocity because the Romans were to great a power for the Christains to contest.
I really enjoyed that Rabbi Swarttz come in to talk about the longest hatred. It was much appreciated. He coming made me see the subject at hand in a better perspective. I too like Max mentioned did not know the Jews were not responsible for the death of Christ. It was interesting to learn about how the Jewish people had been ostracized for such a long time way before what most people believe it to have been. I also thought it was interesting how the term "anti-Semitism" roots don't actually mean what it stands for. As for the stereotypes, I thought it was/still is stupid how people thought/think that the Jewish community only thinks about money and yet during this time, they belonged on a low social class and weren't even allowed to have jobs.
i think that it was messed up the way that they just blamed on the Christians and Protestants. If they hadn't been so full of themselves, they would've had faughgt for their rights like suppressed people have done before and after them. And the rabi, I was amazed how the put basically all the blame on the christian church and catholic beliefs.
I thought that Rabbi Swarttz's presentation was very informative and it added to the information that was presented in the movie. It's upsetting to hear how long the jews have been feeling this discrimination and like what Chris said there were entire religious denominations against the Jews. And it amazes me that one person could have so much power and control over the ideas and beliefs of other people and other countries.
I was completely unaware of the "Longest Hatred", meaning, I never realized how far back the tension between Christians and Jewish people went. I thought that Rabbi Swartz's presentation was really essential to, again, hear from someone who is really connected to the subject at hand. People are obviously aware of the Holocaust and those events, but I think, that even within our class, people are ignorant to the fact that this tension has been going on for so long. Perhaps it's our generation but Swartz gave an informative presentation to show that Jews are exploded unfairly.
I started learning about WW II and the Holocaust in Hebrew school when I was in 6th grade. In the past 6 years, I don’t know if I’ve seen a film as informative as “The Longest Hatred.” It was able to touch on almost every aspect of the Holocaust in a reasonable time period, and was really able to convey how people at the time felt. I also thought that Rabbi Swarttz’s presentation was very well done. It can be difficult for one person to speak on behalf of an entire worldwide community, but the Rabbi spoke eloquently and truthfully, and I felt represented the Jewish community very well.
I found the movie to be very realistic, and put the holocost in a more comprehendable demnsion. The rabi did a good job explaining what has happened to the jewish people and how they have been treated through out history. i feel he also did a good job fielding questions, some of which were offensive and border line racist, with out getting upset or making irrational statements
34@I thought that Rabbi Swarttz was a great teacher, I found him very easy to listen to and I learned a lot about the Jewish religion. I have always been interested in the holocaust, I never knew how much of a persuasive political speaker Hitler was. This film taught me a lot about the background of how the holocaust started out.
15 comments:
I thought that Rabbi Swarttz' presentation was excellent. I learned a lot about why the Jewish community has been ostrasized and discriminated against. I had never known about all the prejudice that the Jews faced before WWII and was suprised about how the Christian and Protestant church were both main proponents of this hatred. It was also suprising to learn that the different stereotypes that Jews are portrayed as were based upon the fact that Jews were limited to certain jobs such as usury, which increased the dislike for the Jewish population.
I have often wondered what caused the anti-semitism which persists throughout America and the rest of the world. It was very interesting for me to find that this hatred was initiated in the time of Christ, and that the multiple stereotypes of Jews were forced upon them by society. For example, they were the only people allowed to handle money and therefore became known as cheap and stingy. It was also shocking to find that the Jews very likely did not kill Jesus, but were blamed for the atrocity because the Romans were to great a power for the Christains to contest. Watching "The Longest Hatred" has given me a better understaning of anti-semitism,how it has evolved, and also the horrific things which have resulted from it. This hatred is disgusting and I am glad that I live in a country where all races and religions are accepted. God Bless America.
I thought that the movie "The Longest Hatred" and Rabbi Swarttz did a great job of informing me the past of how the hatred of the Jews bagan and how it evolved. It seems pretty crazy today that one man could influence an entire nation to believe that Jews were inferior to everyone else. Before watching "The Longest Hatred", listening to Rabbi Swarttz, and taking this class i was very naiive about why the Holocaust happened. After just one quarter the Facing History and Ourselves course has already taught me so much about why the Holocaust ever happend. God bless America... and no place else.
I learned many diffrent facts from the PBS Documentary The Longest Hatred and listening to Rabbi Swarttz on what most jews had to face during this time period. I couldnt imagine anything situation like the Holocaust ever happingn now. It amazes me that this event didnt happen that long ago. I learned a lot about the jewish community and what really the jewish race had to overcome during this time period.
I enjiyed the lecture given by Rabbi Swarttz. He was able to give a lot of extra detail to the information that we had learned from the film. I agree with the comment that Chris made, I was equally surprised at how much the Christian followers were opposed to the Jewish Community and a huge reason for the Jews' suffering. I was also surprised to know that the hatred towards the Jews began in the time of Christ and ancient times. The hatred would only then continue from there.
After watching The Longest Hatred and listening to Rabbi Swarttz's lecture I feel much more educated on the Jewish culture and how Jewish people were treated by Nazis. Before this I knew very little about the Jewish culture and now I know that they see themselves as a nationality and a religion and they try to stick together. I learned about how they are kosher and their views on eating animals. I also learned how Hitler slowly gained power by putting down Jewish people with lies and playing on stereotypes. The only part about the documentary that confused me was the part where they were talking about a Jewish ceremony that involved the remains of a child, I didn't really understand what the ceromony was for.
I really appreciated Rabbi Swarttz coming in and sharing his perspective on the longest hatred. I found him insightful and interesting to listen to. He seems to be a well informed man and is a wonderful representation of his religion and his people. He answered my questions thoroughly and with great honesty. Despite the short time i had to know him, i feel that he is definitely a man to be admired. It is atrocious that a religion supposedly based off of good morals and love stooped to such hypocrisy in its persecution of the Jews. Despite the Catholic faith's apology, it is still hard to justify and get over hundreds of years of persecution and hatred. There's really nothing that could make up for that. It makes me upset to think about countries renouncing their antisemitic roots and erecting crosses in the memorials of concentration camps. I think thats really inappropriate and disrespectful. Who is to say which religion holds the Truth anyway ? What if neither does ? its certainly not worth killing, hating and fighting over, thats for sure. Especially since no one actually knows what the Truth really is.
I agree wiht Marisa, it was awful.It was very interesting for me to find that the Jews didn't not kil Jesus but were blamed for the atrocity because the Romans were to great a power for the Christains to contest.
I really enjoyed that Rabbi Swarttz come in to talk about the longest hatred. It was much appreciated. He coming made me see the subject at hand in a better perspective. I too like Max mentioned did not know the Jews were not responsible for the death of Christ. It was interesting to learn about how the Jewish people had been ostracized for such a long time way before what most people believe it to have been. I also thought it was interesting how the term "anti-Semitism" roots don't actually mean what it stands for.
As for the stereotypes, I thought it was/still is stupid how people thought/think that the Jewish community only thinks about money and yet during this time, they belonged on a low social class and weren't even allowed to have jobs.
MOJONES
i think that it was messed up the way that they just blamed on the Christians and Protestants. If they hadn't been so full of themselves, they would've had faughgt for their rights like suppressed people have done before and after them.
And the rabi,
I was amazed how the put basically all the blame on the christian church and catholic beliefs.
I thought that Rabbi Swarttz's presentation was very informative and it added to the information that was presented in the movie. It's upsetting to hear how long the jews have been feeling this discrimination and like what Chris said there were entire religious denominations against the Jews. And it amazes me that one person could have so much power and control over the ideas and beliefs of other people and other countries.
I was completely unaware of the "Longest Hatred", meaning, I never realized how far back the tension between Christians and Jewish people went. I thought that Rabbi Swartz's presentation was really essential to, again, hear from someone who is really connected to the subject at hand.
People are obviously aware of the Holocaust and those events, but I think, that even within our class, people are ignorant to the fact that this tension has been going on for so long. Perhaps it's our generation but Swartz gave an informative presentation to show that Jews are exploded unfairly.
I started learning about WW II and the Holocaust in Hebrew school when I was in 6th grade. In the past 6 years, I don’t know if I’ve seen a film as informative as “The Longest Hatred.” It was able to touch on almost every aspect of the Holocaust in a reasonable time period, and was really able to convey how people at the time felt. I also thought that Rabbi Swarttz’s presentation was very well done. It can be difficult for one person to speak on behalf of an entire worldwide community, but the Rabbi spoke eloquently and truthfully, and I felt represented the Jewish community very well.
I found the movie to be very realistic, and put the holocost in a more comprehendable demnsion. The rabi did a good job explaining what has happened to the jewish people and how they have been treated through out history. i feel he also did a good job fielding questions, some of which were offensive and border line racist, with out getting upset or making irrational statements
34@I thought that Rabbi Swarttz was a great teacher, I found him very easy to listen to and I learned a lot about the Jewish religion. I have always been interested in the holocaust, I never knew how much of a persuasive political speaker Hitler was. This film taught me a lot about the background of how the holocaust started out.
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