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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip One year after a war with Israel that turned daily life here into a nightmare, a Catholic priest in Gaza said the situation in this besieged Palestinian territory has deteriorated even further.

Compared with a year ago, were worse off. Although a truce stopped the war, the blockade of Gaza by Israel has grown more intense. This has direct consequences for the population, said Father Jorge Hernandez, pastor of Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza City.

A boy rides his bike amid the ruins of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, June 9. Houses in the area were destroyed during the 2014 war between Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

The priest said the war also served as a recruiting tool for Hamas, the Islamic party that has controlled Gaza since 2007.

The war generated new activism throughout Gaza. The number of people willing to fight has multiplied, whether on behalf of Hamas or Islamic Jihad or the Salafists, and now even with the Islamic State. Despite that, the great majority of the people of Gaza is not aligned with one party or another. They just want to live a normal life, Father Hernandez, an Argentine missionary of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, told Catholic News Service.

The 50-day war cost the lives of more than 2,250 Palestinians, 65 percent of whom were civilians, according to a June report from a U.N. investigation. The report said the scale of the devastation was unprecedented. It said the Israeli military launched more than 6,000 air strikes, 14,500 tank shells and 45,000 artillery shells into Gaza between July 7 and Aug. 26, 2014.

The war also caused immense distress and disruption to the lives of Israeli civilians, the U.N. said, reporting that nearly 4,900 rockets and more than 1,700 mortars were fired by Palestinian armed groups during that period. Sixty-six Israeli soldiers were killed, along with six civilians.

The report also cites as possible war crimes the conduct of Israeli operations in residential neighborhoods, as well as the killing of 21 suspected collaborators by Hamas armed wing.

Father Hernandez said militants came to his church compound twice looking for alleged spies among some 1,400 civilians who took shelter there. Church buildings were damaged when Israel bombed a neighboring house. At one point, Father Hernandez and several members of the Missionaries of Charity shepherded a group of 29 disabled children and nine elderly women into the open.

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6405 Clark Road, Paradise, CA 95969 January 02, 1974 Full Service Brick and Mortar 92 12934 Burlingame Branch 149 Park Road, Burlingame, CA 94010 May 01, 1964 Full Service Brick and Mortar 94 245812 Fashion Fair Branch 515 East Shaw Avenue, Fresno, CA 93710 March 12, 1971 Full Service Brick and Mortar 95 245814 Clovis Branch 200 Shaw Avenue, Clovis, CA 93612 March 26, 1976 Full Service Brick and Mortar 96 12927 Livermore Branch 2287 Second Street, Livermore, CA 94550 April 16, 1964 Full Service Brick and Mortar 98 246971 South Tahoe Branch 2161 Lake Tahoe Boulevard, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 October 05, 1964 Full Service Brick and Mortar 100 13924 Fairfield Main Branch 800 Jefferson Street, Fairfield, CA 94533 August 31, 1970 Full Service Brick and Mortar 104 15525 Pittsburg Branch 2900 Railroad Avenue, Pittsburg, CA 94565 August 16, 1976 Full Service Brick and Mortar 109 268104 Tulare Branch 333 East Tulare Avenue, Tulare, CA 93274 January 01, 1926 Full Service Brick and Mortar 110 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Main Branch 915 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90017 January 05, 1972 Full Service Brick and Mortar 274 12800 Culver City Branch 9735 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 November 25, 1963 Full Service Brick and Mortar 275 246890 Redondo Beach Branch 3500 Aviation Boulevard, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 October 02, 1970 Full Service Brick and Mortar 277 251301 Oakland Main Branch 2127 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612 July 01, 1975 Full Service Brick and Mortar 278 10715 Downey Branch 10230 South Paramount Boulevard, Downey, CA 90241 April 29, 1947 Full Service Brick and Mortar 279 238363 Bell Gardens Branch 7000 A Eastern Avenue, Bell Gardens, CA 90201 July 08, 1955 Full Service Brick and Mortar 280 238364 Santa Fe Springs Branch 11955 East Slauson Avenue, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 May 15, 1962 Full Service Brick and Mortar 281 238365 South Gate Branch 12135 South Garfield Avenue, South Gate, CA 90280 April 04, 1952 Full Service Brick and Mortar 282 238366 Pico Rivera Branch 9001 East Whittier Boulevard, Pico Rivera, CA 90660 July 18, 1966 Full Service Brick and Mortar 283 12815 West Covina Branch 401 South Glendora Avenue, West Covina, CA 91790 December 13, 1963 Full Service Brick and Mortar 284 238369 Baldwin Park Branch 14220 Ramona Boulevard, Baldwin Park, CA 91706 October 12, 1973 Full Service Brick and Mortar 285 238370 Anaheim Branch 619 South Brookhurst Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92804 May 03, 1974 Full Service Brick and Mortar 287 3842 Rosemead Branch 9000 East Valley Boulevard, Rosemead, CA 91770 January 01, 1929 Full Service Brick and Mortar 288 207940 South El Monte Branch 2041 Durfee Avenue, South El Monte, CA 91733 November 25, 1964 Full Service Brick and Mortar 289 207941 South Pasadena Branch 1833 North Atlantic Boulevard, South Pasadena, CA 91030 August 04, 1969 Full Service Brick and Mortar 290 251307 San Diego Branch 701 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101 January 21, 1982 Full Service Brick and Mortar 291 251308 Gardena Branch 1800 West Redondo Beach Boulevard, Gardena, CA 90247 July 18, 1984 Full Service Brick and Mortar 292 244993 Alhambra Branch 100 South Garfield Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801 October 17, 1955 Full Service Brick and Mortar 293 244994 Ninth And Valley Branch 855 West Valley Boulevard, Alhambra, CA 91803 May 02, 1949 Full Service Brick and Mortar 294 244996 Arcadia Branch 1155 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91006 October 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 295 244997 Westminster Branch 7751 Westminster Avenue, Westminster, CA 92683 Febuary 27, 1961 Full Service Brick and Mortar 296 244999 Bakersfield Branch 5201 California Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93309 March 22, 1957 Full Service Brick and Mortar 297 245001 Bellflower Branch 16824 South Bellflower Boulevard, Bellflower, CA 90706 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 298 245002 Castro Valley Branch 3396 Castro Valley Boulevard, Castro Valley, CA 94546 June 28, 1957 Full Service Brick and Mortar 299 245003 City Of Commerce Branch 6055 East Washington Boulevard, City Of Commerce, CA 90040 June 05, 1964 Full Service Brick and Mortar 300 245004 Compton Branch 1701 North Long Beach Boulevard, Compton, CA 90221 June 12, 1959 Full Service Brick and Mortar 301 245005 Corcoran Branch 1045 Whitley Avenue, Corcoran, CA 93212 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 302 245006 Covina Branch 770 South Citrus Avenue, Covina, CA 91723 December 14, 1956 Full Service Brick and Mortar 303 245007 Crockett Branch 891 Loring Avenue, Crockett, CA 94525 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 305 245009 Westlake Branch 239 Westlake Center, Daly City, CA 94015 March 05, 1956 Full Service Brick and Mortar 307 245012 Paseo Padre Branch 39533 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538 Febuary 27, 1961 Full Service Brick and Mortar 308 245015 Garden Grove Branch 12976 Main Street, Garden Grove, CA 92840 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 309 245017 Lafayette Branch 3583 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, CA 94549 August 01, 1946 Full Service Brick and Mortar 310 245018 Lakewood Branch 5240 Clark Avenue, Lakewood, CA 90712 June 05, 1959 Full Service Brick and Mortar 311 245019 Long Beach City Place Branch 496 Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 313 245021 Los Altos Branch 176 Main Street, Los Altos, CA 94022 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 314 245027 Woodland Hills Branch 19858 Ventura Boulevard, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 December 20, 1957 Full Service Brick and Mortar 315 245028 Westwood Branch 10929 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024 December 02, 1957 Full Service Brick and Mortar 316 245032 Newman Branch 945 Fresno Street, Newman, CA 95360 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 317 245034 Montclair Branch 2023 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94611 April 21, 1947 Full Service Brick and Mortar 318 245035 Temescal Branch 4900 Telegraph, Oakland, CA 94609 Febuary 27, 1961 Full Service Brick and Mortar 319 245037 Orosi Branch 12790 Avenue 416, Orosi, CA 93647 May 07, 1956 Full Service Brick and Mortar 320 245039 Pasadena Main Branch 587 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91101 Febuary 27, 1961 Full Service Brick and Mortar 321 245041 Pasadena East Branch 2500 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91107 August 14, 1944 Full Service Brick and Mortar 322 245042 Patterson Branch 5 Plaza, Patterson, CA 95363 Febuary 27, 1961 Full Service Brick and Mortar 323 245043 Pinole Branch 777 Tennent Avenue, Pinole, CA 94564 August 14, 1944 Full Service Brick and Mortar 324 245045 Riverdale Branch 3494 Mt. Whitney Avenue, Riverdale, CA 93656 April 01, 1955 Full Service Brick and Mortar 325 245046 Country Club Branch 3509 El Camino Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95821 August 29, 1959 Full Service Brick and Mortar 326 245047 Sacramento Main Branch 500 Capital Mall, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95814 June 20, 1955 Full Service Brick and Mortar 327 245050 S.F. Mission Branch 2812 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Febuary 27, 1961 Full Service Brick and Mortar 328 245053 Sanger Branch 1321 Jensen Avenue, Sanger, CA 93657 May 10, 1957 Full Service Brick and Mortar 330 245055 San Marino Branch 2395 Huntington Drive, San Marino, CA 91108 April 05, 1952 Full Service Brick and Mortar 331 245058 Santa Ana Branch 103 East Memory Lane, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Febuary 02, 1953 Full Service Brick and Mortar 332 245059 Santa Barbara North Branch 3780 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 November 15, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 333 245060 Santa Barbara Main Branch 1036 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 334 245061 Sierra Madre Branch 100 West Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, CA 91024 April 09, 1956 Full Service Brick and Mortar 335 245062 Stanton Branch 11051 Beach Boulevard, Stanton, CA 90680 August 23, 1957 Full Service Brick and Mortar 336 245063 Tehachapi Branch 758 Tucker Road, Tehachapi, CA 93561 December 01, 1954 Full Service Brick and Mortar 338 245065 Torrance Branch 23865 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90505 October 04, 1957 Full Service Brick and Mortar 339 245066 Tustin Branch 701 East First Street, Tustin, CA 92780 November 02, 1959 Full Service Brick and Mortar 340 245067 Union City Branch 33301 Alvarado Niles Road, Union City, CA 94587 Febuary 27, 1961 Full Service Brick and Mortar 341 245069 Irvine Branch 18022 Culver Drive, Irvine, CA 92612 October 07, 1966 Full Service Brick and Mortar 342 245070 South Coast Branch 3931 South Bristol Street, Santa Ana, CA 92704 October 07, 1966 Full Service Brick and Mortar 343 245071 Fresno Branch 2035 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721 October 07, 1966 Full Service Brick and Mortar 344 245072 Shaw-West Branch 2110 West Shaw Avenue, Fresno, CA 93711 October 07, 1966 Full Service Brick and Mortar 345 245073 Glendale Branch 400 North Glendale Avenue, Glendale, CA 91206 Febuary 03, 1967 Full Service Brick and Mortar 346 245075 Santa Monica Branch 407 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401 December 08, 1967 Full Service Brick and Mortar 347 245077 Wilshire Square Branch 3347 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010 March 22, 1968 Full Service Brick and Mortar 348 245079 Beverly Hills Branch 9401 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 December 02, 1968 Full Service Brick and Mortar 349 245080 Huntington Beach Branch 6881 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 May 02, 1969 Full Service Brick and Mortar 350 245082 La Mirada Branch 12709 Valley View Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90638 April 11, 1969 Full Service Brick and Mortar 351 245083 South San Francisco Branch 2288 Westborough Boulevard, South San Francisco, CA 94080 July 11, 1969 Full Service Brick and Mortar 352 245084 La Habra Branch 1330 S. Beach Boulevard, Suite A, La Habra, CA 90631 August 08, 1969 Full Service Brick and Mortar 353 245085 Fullerton Branch 3021 Yorba Linda Boulevard, Fullerton, CA 92831 September 19, 1969 Full Service Brick and Mortar 354 245086 Cerritos Branch 17303 Carmenita Road, Cerritos, CA 90703 June 19, 1970 Full Service Brick and Mortar 357 245453 Hayward Southland Branch 24299 Southland Drive, Hayward, CA 94545 April 22, 1968 Full Service Brick and Mortar 358 245089 Chino Branch 12545 Central Avenue, Chino, CA 91710 August 22, 1977 Full Service Brick and Mortar 360 245091 1st And Herndon Branch 7062 North First Street, Fresno, CA 93720 August 14, 1978 Full Service Brick and Mortar 361 245093 Dublin Branch 7533 Dublin Boulevard, Dublin, CA 94568 October 22, 1979 Full Service Brick and Mortar 362 245094 Mission Viejo Branch 26941 Crown Valley Parkway, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 November 26, 1979 Full Service Brick and Mortar 363 245096 Newport Beach Branch 4400 Macarthur Boulevard, Newport Beach, CA 92660 December 15, 1980 Full Service Brick and Mortar 365 245098 Modesto Mchenry Branch 3600 Mchenry Avenue, Modesto, CA 95356 October 15, 1982 Full Service Brick and Mortar 367 251321 Anaheim Hills Branch 4501 East La Palma Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92807 April 10, 1989 Full Service Brick and Mortar 368 251322 Monterey Park Branch 331 North Atlantic Boulevard, Monterey Park, CA 91754 April 02, 1990 Full Service Brick and Mortar 369 251323 Rancho Cucamonga Branch 8311 Haven Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 August 13, 1990 Full Service Brick and Mortar 370 251324 Sherman Oaks Branch 15165 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 May 07, 1990 Full Service Brick and Mortar 373 286610 Northridge Branch 16900 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91343 January 01, 1979 Full Service Brick and Mortar 374 251329 Rowland Heights Branch 19005 East Colima Road, Rowland Heights, CA 91748 April 13, 1995 Full Service Brick and Mortar 376 251331 One Front Street Branch One Front Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 January 14, 1991 Full Service Brick and Mortar 378 251333 San Clemente Branch 641 Camino De Los Mares, San Clemente, CA 92673 October 14, 1997 Full Service Brick and Mortar 379 251334 Thousand Oaks Branch 180 North Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 March 23, 1998 Full Service Brick and Mortar 380 291944 Central Irvine Branch 14477 Culver Drive, Irvine, CA 92604 Febuary 01, 2000 Full Service Brick and Mortar 381 359388 Foothill Ranch Branch 26696 Portola Parkway, Unit C, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 October 30, 2000 Full Service Retail 382 359537 San Ramon Branch 140 Sunset Drive, San Ramon, CA 94583 March 13, 2001 Full Service Brick and Mortar 383 12682 L.A. Bunker Hill Branch 300 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071 July 08, 1963 Full Service Brick and Mortar 384 246554 South Huntington Beach Branch 19006 Brookhurst Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92646 May 19, 1973 Full Service Brick and Mortar 385 246556 Montgomery Street Branch 505 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111 May 12, 1978 Full Service Brick and Mortar 387 251707 Temple City Branch 9934 East Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780 Febuary 01, 1978 Full Service Brick and Mortar 389 246559 Little Tokyo Branch 123 Onizuka Street, Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90012 April 28, 1986 Full Service Brick and Mortar 390 246560 South Bay Branch 19191 South Vermont Avenue, Torrance, CA 90502 July 01, 1988 Full Service Brick and Mortar 391 246562 Encino Branch 16027 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, CA 91436 December 10, 1990 Full Service Brick and Mortar 396 365568 Porter Ranch Branch 19953 Rinaldi Street, Northridge, CA 91326 September 16, 2002 Full Service Brick and Mortar 397 365569 Valencia Branch 27011 Mcbean Parkway,suite 101, Valencia, CA 91355 September 16, 2002 Full Service Brick and Mortar 399 418690 Ventura Branch 1794 South Victoria Avenue, # A, Ventura, CA 93003 December 02, 2002 Full Service Brick and Mortar 400 419929 Oxnard Branch 371 West Esplanade Drive, Oxnard, CA 93036 April 07, 2003 Full Service Brick and Mortar 403 425123 Fruitvale Station Branch 3062 East 9th Street, Oakland, CA 94601 December 15, 2003 Full Service Brick and Mortar 404 425124 Roseville Branch 1112 Galleria Boulevard, Suite 170, Roseville, CA 95678 January 27, 2004 Full Service Brick and Mortar 434 16966 Casa De Oro Branch 9832 Campo Road, Spring Valley, CA 91977 March 07, 1983 Full Service Brick and Mortar 436 255346 Grossmont Center Branch 8690 Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942 May 23, 1983 Full Service Brick and Mortar 437 257312 El Cajon Branch 1234 East Main Street, El Cajon, CA 92021 November 01, 1994 Full Service Brick and Mortar 438 257313 Santee Branch 8867 Cuyamaca Street, Santee, CA 92071 March 17, 1997 Full Service Brick and Mortar 574 218563 Lockeford Branch 13299 East Highway 88, Lockeford, CA 95237 January 01, 1907 Full Service Brick and Mortar 575 218564 Stockton Main Branch 540 N El Dorado Street, Stockton, CA 95202 April 28, 1969 Full Service Brick and Mortar 576 218565 Pershing Branch 5555 North Pershing Avenue, Stockton, CA 95207 June 01, 1976 Full Service Brick and Mortar 577 218566 Hammer Branch 1440 East Hammer Lane, Stockton, CA 95210 April 27, 1981 Full Service Brick and Mortar 578 12225 Modesto Main Branch 901 H Street, Modesto, CA 95354 November 14, 1960 Full Service Brick and Mortar 580 244753 Ripon Branch 411 West Main Street, Ripon, CA 95366 April 18, 1966 Full Service Brick and Mortar 581 218569 Brookside Branch 3255 West March Lane, Suite 100, Stockton, CA 95219 July 31, 1991 Full Service Brick and Mortar 582 16673 Wilson Way 560 N Wilson Way, Stockton, CA 95205 July 01, 1982 Full Service Brick and Mortar 583 256774 North Stockton Branch 7810 Thornton Road, Stockton, CA 95207 January 09, 1984 Full Service Brick and Mortar 584 218571 Eastridge Branch 1401 Oakdale Road, Modesto, CA 95355 March 09, 1992 Full Service Brick and Mortar 585 15627 Ceres Branch 2501 East Whitmore Avenue, Ceres, CA 95307 March 09, 1977 Full Service Brick and Mortar 587 254576 Oakdale Branch 134 Maag Avenue, Oakdale, CA 95361 July 09, 1990 Full Service Brick and Mortar 589 218581 Tracy Branch 810 West Schulte Road, Tracy, CA 95376 July 13, 1999 Full Service Brick and Mortar 590 360027 Turlock Branch 2101 Fulkerth Road, Turlock, CA 95380 May 16, 2001 Full Service Brick and Mortar 591 362799 Pelandale Branch 3801 Pelandale Avenue, Suite C, Modesto, CA 95356 January 14, 2002 Full Service Brick and Mortar 593 419375 Weston Ranch Branch 520 Carolyn Weston Blvd., Ste. D, Stockton, CA 95206 August 12, 2002 Full Service Brick and Mortar 835 462255 El Dorado Hills 2211 Francisco Drive #100, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 April 02, 2007 Full Service Brick and Mortar 836 462786 Manteca Branch 150 Commerce Avenue, Manteca, CA 95336 April 30, 2007 Full Service Brick and Mortar 841 466645 Lone Tree Landing Branch 5009 Lone Tree Way Ste D, Antioch, CA 94531 June 18, 2007 Full Service Brick and Mortar 843 468551 Cbo Pasadena Branch 911 E. 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Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a persons social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another.

Racism has existed throughout human history. It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars, slavery, the formation of nations, and legal codes.

During the past 500-1000 years, racism on the part of Western powers toward non-Westerners has had a far more significant impact on history than any other form of racism (such as racism among Western groups or among Easterners, such as Asians, Africans, and others). The most notorious example of racism by the West has been slavery, particularly the enslavement of Africans in the New World (slavery itself dates back thousands of years). This enslavement was accomplished because of the racist belief that Black Africans were less fully human than white Europeans and their descendants.

This belief was not "automatic": that is, Africans were not originally considered inferior. When Portuguese sailors first explored Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries, they came upon empires and cities as advanced as their own, and they considered Africans to be serious rivals. Over time, though, as African civilizations failed to match the technological advances of Europe, and the major European powers began to plunder the continent and forcibly remove its inhabitants to work as slave laborers in new colonies across the Atlantic, Africans came to be seen as a deficient "species," as "savages." To an important extent, this view was necessary to justify the slave trade at a time when Western culture had begun to promote individual rights and human equality. The willingness of some Africans to sell other Africans to European slave traders also led to claims of savagery, based on the false belief that the "dark people" were all kinsmen, all part of one society - as opposed to many different, sometimes warring nations.

One important feature of racism, especially toward Blacks and immigrant groups, is clear in attitudes regarding slaves and slavery. Jews are usually seen by anti-Semites as subhuman but also superhuman: devilishly cunning, skilled, and powerful. Blacks and others are seen by racists as merely subhuman, more like beasts than men. If the focus of anti-Semitism is evil, the focus of racism is inferiority -- directed toward those who have sometimes been considered to lack even the ability to be evil (though in the 20th century, especially, victims of racism are often considered morally degraded).

In the second half of the 19th century, Darwinism, the decline of Christian belief, and growing immigration were all perceived by many white Westerners as a threat to their cultural control. European and, to a lesser degree, American scientists and philosophers devised a false racial "science" to "prove" the supremacy of non-Jewish whites. While the Nazi annihilation of Jews discredited most of these supposedly scientific efforts to elevate one race over another, small numbers of scientists and social scientists have continued throughout the 20th century to argue the inborn shortcomings of certain races, especially Blacks. At the same time, some public figures in the American Black community have championed the supremacy of their own race and the inferiority of whites - using nearly the identical language of white racists.

All of these arguments are based on a false understanding of race; in fact, contemporary scientists are not agreed on whether race is a valid way to classify people. What may seem to be significant "racial" differences to some people - skin color, hair, facial shape - are not of much scientific significance. In fact, genetic differences within a so-called race may be greater than those between races. One philosopher writes: "There are few genetic characteristics to be found in the population of England that are not found in similar proportions in Zaire or in China.those differences that most deeply affect us in our dealings with each other are not to any significant degree biologically determined."

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For most Americans, traditional Jewish culture summons up images of Passover seders with steaming bowls of matzah ball soup, black-hatted, pale-skinned Hasidic men, and Yiddish-speaking bubbes (grandmothers) and zeydes (grandfathers). In reality, these snapshots represent only one Jewish ethnic group of many.

Shared Jewish history, rituals, laws, and values unify an international Jewish community. However, the divergent histories of Jewish communities and their contacts with other cultural influences distinguish Jewish ethnic groups from one another, giving each a unique way of being Jewish. Worldwide, Jews from distinct geographic regions vary greatly in their diet, language, dress, and folk customs. Most pre-modern Diaspora communities are categorized into three major ethnic groups (in Hebrew, sometimes called eidot, communities): Ashkenazim, the Jews of Germany and Northern France (in Hebrew, Ashkenaz)

Sephardim, the Jews of Iberia (in Hebrew, Sepharad) and the Spanish diaspora

Mizrahim, or Oriental Jews

The Jewish ethnic identity most readily recognized by North Americansthe culture of matzah balls, black-hatted Hasidim, and Yiddishoriginated in medieval Germany. Although strictly speaking, Ashkenazim refers to Jews of Germany, the term has come to refer more broadly to Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. Jews first reached the interior of Europe by following trade routes along waterways during the eighth and ninth centuries.

Eventually, the vast majority of Ashkenazim relocated to the Polish Commonwealth (todays Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, and Belarus), where princes welcomed their skilled and educated workforce. The small preexistent Polish Jewish communitys customs were displaced by the Ashkenazic prayer order, customs, and Yiddish language.

Jewish life and learning thrived in northeastern Europe. The yeshiva culture of Poland, Russia, and Lithuania produced a constant stream of new talmudic scholarship. In 18th century Germany, the Haskalah movement advocated for modernization, introducing the modern denominations and institutions of secular Jewish culture.

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The Hasidic Williamsburg Educational Walking Tour (EWT) is a three hour guided walking tour through Hasidic Williamsburg, the most devoutly Jewish urban enclave in America.

In the tour, participants witness and interact with a Haredi (a.k.a. Ultra-orthodox) community that strives to preserve as much of its 19th century European mores as possible, including its Yiddish language, strict segregation of the genders, a boycott of secular music and media, emphasis on Torah scholarship and adulation of Hasidic Rebbes and themeticulous observance of Gods commandments as transmitted and expounded by the sages and Rabbis through the ages.

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The tour is designed to offer an opportunity for participants to learn about theexotic and mysterious American subculture called Hasidism, in an immersive setting. To that end, we start off with a comprehensive introduction of theWilliamsburgneighborhood, the story of Jewish immigration to America and the Great Awakeningof Hasidism in America in the 1950s. We discuss the successive Jewish immigration waves to America that led up to the post WWII settlement of Williamsburg by its modern-day Hasidim. We explain the origin of Haredism and the definition of Hasidism in America. We explain the contemporary Hasidic sects, including Satmar, Pupa, Belz, etc, what they stand for and how they can be told apart.Alongthe tour route, as we observea sitewe seize the opportunity to elaborate on associated topics, e.g. we talk about the function of shuls (synagogues) when we encounter a shul, and we talk about the different ways in whichmarried women cover their hair, when we pass them.

A tasting of three food items (e.g. kugel, kishkeh and cholent) from a traditional Hungarian-Hasidic menu is included in the price of the tour. The tasting is offered at a local restaurant during a 20-minute recess in the middle of the tour.

Participants will leave with a firm grip on the nature of the Hasidic community: its mores, its religious tenacity, its independentinstititions, its future aspirations, and most importantly perhaps, how this community is recently exerting considerable influence on other Jewish sectors

This tour is the first of its kind ever to be offered in Williamsburg! Participants areexposed to a very thorough survey of whos who and whats what in South Williamsburg, including the latestscoop about such matters as the Zalman-Aaron Satmar Succession Feud, various Hasidic sects and their idiosyncrasies, housingdisputes, local petty politics, economicdevelopmentand the like. Contemporary issues arediscussed with a view toward Jewish Williamsburgshistorical transformation,starting in the mid-nineteenth century when German Jews joined their countrymen on the journey across the Atlantic and laidthe basis for Jewishsettlement in Williamsburg for many years to come.

In the tour, we learnextensively about the enormous wave of Russian-Polish Jews in the 1880s-1920s, and notesome scattered remnants from that noteworthy historical epoch. We learnhow the RussianJews differed from their German predecessors and how they paved the way for the post-WWII Hasidic Jewish settlement.

We ask that female tour participants dress modestly, in accordance with the local conventions. This means that short pants and tank tops should be avoided. Discretion in this matter is advisable. The locals are generally amicable to tourists and we often see them eavesdropping on us and occasionally butt in with their own reactions and narratives. If we are lucky, we may get invited to a home.

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Sometimes its better not to talk too much about one's blessings to others. Sometimes others do not have what you do and it is important to be sensitive to that. I do not mean that one should never speak about the bounty that one does have but maybe don't speak about it all day long. Its nice to know when a friend or relative is engaged. I want to know and I am genuinely happy for them. Do I want to hear about it constantly night and day? Absolutely not. On the other hand I have had stable employment all of my adult life (no I am not rich) . I talk about work but I would not constantly tell this to my friends who do not have mazel in retaining employment. Its really not fair. Often someone does not hold back when talking about the joys of parenthood because they think that just because someone is single that the idea of parenthood is not on their radar . If they had a friend who had been married for many years and did not have children they might not spend all day and night talking about their kids. Its not that someone who does not have children resents someone who does has kids or wishes that their friend was in their boat, they just don't want that to be their only topic of conversation. Once I was at work and someone who should have known better was going on about how once she had children she then knew why women were created This woman was a first time mother at forty. She should have shared this with her mommy and me group instead of in a place full of people she did not know who may or may not ever have kids. Of course being a parent is a beautiful experience but being a single woman without children I may not be the person to share such an epiphany with. There are all sorts of situations in life where one is more fortunate than another person. These just are a few that are foremost in my mind at the moment. I try hard not to make others feel envy when I am successful or have something someone else does not. There is no need to brag , just to have appreciation. Married people get divorced. People lose jobs. Children are fought over in brutal custody battles or chas v'shalom pass away. When you have a bracha just appreciate it because as easily as someone has mazel, they could also not have it.

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"Forget You Not": Holocaust S urviv ors a nd R eme mbr a n c e Proj e ct - Part IV - TABLE OF CONTENTS . .

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On December 7, 1970, while in Warsaw for a commemorative service honoring the participants of the WarsawGhettoUprising, the German Chancellor Willy Brandt kneels in front of the Monument, in an apparent gesture of apology, repentance, and reconciliation.

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1. Pre-Holocaust Studies

The Israeli Coat of Arms features the Menorah, the candelabra used in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. It, along with other Temple artifacts, was captured almost two millennia ago by the Romans during their siege of Jerusalem. According to the historian Flavius Josephus, a Jew who lived at the time of the Romans, "Most of the spoils that were carried were heaped up indiscriminately, but more prominent than all the rest were those captured in the Temple at Jerusalem - a golden table weighing several hundred weight, and a lampstand similarly made of gold but differently constructed from those we normally use. The central shaft was fixed to a base, and from it extended slender branches placed like the prongs of a trident, and with the end of each one forged into a lamp: these numbered seven, signifying the honour paid to that number by the Jews." (Josephus, The Jewish War, G.A. Williamson, translator, Penguin, 1959.) The Arch of Titus in Rome has on it a carving depicting the spoils of the Temple - including the Menorah - being carried triumphantly through Rome.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day. I guess. . .

I'd like to be more celebratory today and somehow honor Irish immigration to my country, but what can I say? I don't have Irish blood, for one thing. And more to the point of this blog -- I can't overlook how the U.S. descendants of Irish people, who often put on and take off being "Irish" like a hat or raincoat, tend to forget what it really means for their ancestors to have traded in their Irish-ness for whiteness. Yes, Irish immigrants used to be oppressed, but their descendants have basically joined the ranks of the oppressors, and thereby gained white privilege, and those benefits still come at the expense of the racially oppressed.

It is true that, as sociologist Jessie Daniels writes,

Once in the U.S., the Irish were [subjected] to negative stereotyping that was very similar to that of enslaved Africans and African Americans. The comic Irishman happy, lazy, stupid, with a gift for music and dance was a stock character in American theater. Drunkenness and criminality were major themes of Irish stereotypes, and the term "paddy wagon" has its etymological roots in the racist term paddy, a shortening of the name Patrick, which was used to refer to the Irish. However, this is also a gendered image and refers to Irish men, specifically. The masculine imagery of paddy hid the existence of Irish women, but did not protect Irish women from racism as they were often more exposed to such racism through domestic jobs. Women typically played a key role in maintaining Catholic adherence, which resonates closely with Irishness and difference. The model minority (if you will) stereotype of Irish-American women is of a Bridget, recognized for her hard work and contribution to Irish upward class mobility.

Simian, or ape-like caricature of the Irish immigrant was also a common one among the mainstream news publications of the day. . . For example, in 1867 American cartoonist Thomas Nast drew "The Day We Celebrate" a cartoon depicting the Irish on St. Patricks Day as violent, drunken apes. And, in 1899, Harpers Weekly featured a drawing of three mens heads in profile: Irish, Anglo-Teutonic and Negro, in order to illustrate the similarity between the Irish and the Negro (and, the supposed superiority of the Anglo-Teutonic). In northern states, blacks and Irish immigrants were forced into overlapping often integrated slum neighborhoods. Although leaders of the Irish liberation struggle (in Ireland) saw slavery as an evil, their Irish-American cousins largely aligned with the slaveholders.

And, following the end of slavery, the Irish and African Americans were forced to compete for the same low-wage, low-status jobs. So, the white negroes of the U.K. came to the United States and, though not enslaved, faced a status almost as low as that of recently-freed blacks.

So yeah, I get that. And I don't mean to downplay or disregard what amounts to racist (and religious) oppression that people from Ireland once faced, nor the hard work that helped Irish immigrants to step up into the ranks of white Americans.

However, I sometimes encounter citizens of the U.S. who claim to be "Irish" instead of white, when anyone looking at them would clearly see them as "white" instead of "Irish." I mean, just how many generations does this sort of "Kiss me, I'm Irish! Don't worry, I'm not white!" card last?

White people still routinely complain about people of color who supposedly "play the race card," but they rarely blame other whites for playing what amounts to the ethnicity card. That card is routinely used to dismiss discussions of today's racism -- "Yeah yeah yeah, my ancestors had it bad too! They were the 'blacks' of Europe, and they even got called black in the U.S.!" And that kind of talk usually leads to this kind of talk: "If my people could do it, why can't they too?" Never mind that those Irish who were called "black" and other slurs didn't have to stay black, and thus didn't have to struggle with all that black and other non-white Americans still have to face.

Do you encounter white people who make these kinds of selective, derailing appeals to the sufferings and hard work of their ancestors?

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