Added: Jul 19, 2008

From: opensourcebuddhism

Duration: 9:37

by Miriam Hasan through Rev. Dr. James K. Powell II, opensourcebuddhism.org This touching and poignant, empathetic work depicts the history of anti-semitism in Russia. We hear of the pogroms, the calculated plans to eliminate Jews, and just when the Bolshevik revolution portended change, it turned again dark for Jews. The Soviet Jewish homeland was more of a concentration camp than utopia. It was a way to collocate Jews in one spot, far from the capitol in Moscow and thus lessen their influence. The homeland still exists, though depopulated. There is irony in the artist being Palestinian, in this sense, an empathetic work, for she lost her home as well - to the very Jews seeking escape from their own nightmare.

Channel: Education

Tags: anti-semitism  christianity  communism  dr.  humanities  ii  james  judaism  k.  orthodox  philosophy  pogrom  powell  religion  science  social  soviet  union 


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Gregk82 Says:

Aug 30, 2008 - jews ruined Russia, thx to rotchilds

opensourcebuddhism Says:

Aug 30, 2008 - oh my god! mongols ruined russia, made russians so violent due to the total devastation caused by mongols. jews were force deported from their own land - quit blaming them for doing their best and in fact, contributing so much to russian culture. forget about the rothchilds! they were french businessmen, not shtetl peasants!!!james