@RusA #9858183 we never really study about the European royalty either, mostly just French revolusion, nothing with Queen Elizabeth II ancestors and just hot gossip from Diana and Charles
In history classes in American schools, we mostly learn about Henry VIII and Elizabeth I (because the Elizabethan Era was so important in world history), then not much of anything until Elizabeth II. Maybe they'll mention Edward VIII, because of the scandalous story about how he gave up the crown to marry an American woman (making his brother George, Elizabeth's father, king in his place). And not much else. I myself have learned quite a lot about the British monarchs on my own, mostly about the Tudors (Henry VIII, James I, and Elizabeth I) and the modern ones (George I - IV, then a William, then Victoria, then the two Edwards, two more Georges, then Elizabeth; and coming up: Charles III, William IV, and George VII - unless, as a rumor goes, Prince Charles will take the name George, in which case Prince Williams son will be George VIII. It makes your head spin to try to keep everything straight. I get a lot of this from documentaries about British history from our public TV network - PBS just loves the British!
I saw in the " Suzy Gold" movie about the Jewish family, i think they more like not to open to others, and saying other than Jews as "Hobo", means not as smart as Jews.
Yes, Jewish people tend to be "clannish", meaning socially exclusive, and prefer to be around other Jews as much as possible. This is one reason why some people think that the Jews must always be up to something.
Their word for us is "goyim" (singular "goy"). This means "people", but is taken to mean "people who are not Jews". This is considered a bit rude, and a more polite word is "gentile". They do have other, more colorful terms, that they use when they think "there's nobody here but us Jews", but you don't hear them use those term around us goyim.
As to the present Israeli/Palestinian conflict: after the Holocaust, many, both Jews and gentiles, thought that it was about time the Jewish people had a place of their own to call home, and the United Nations voted in 1948 to divide what was then the western part of British-ruled Palestine (which included what is now Israel and Jordan) into both Jewish and Arab sections. This worked well for about five minutes before Jews from around the world started flocking in, pushing out the Palestinians who had been there for generations, and claiming the land for themselves. The two groups have been fighting each other over the land ever since - the Jews think that they have a right to the land because God gave it to them; and the Palestinians think they have a right to the land because they were there first. The Israelis keep control because they have an army, but the Palestinians are good at throwing rocks, and arms dealers are happy to sell them bombs and rockets.
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we never really study about the European royalty either, mostly just French revolusion, nothing with Queen Elizabeth II ancestors
In history classes in American schools, we mostly learn about Henry VIII and Elizabeth I (because the Elizabethan Era was so important in world history), then not much of anything until Elizabeth II. Maybe they'll mention Edward VIII, because of the scandalous story about how he gave up the crown to marry an American woman (making his brother George, Elizabeth's father, king in his place). And not much else. I myself have learned quite a lot about the British monarchs on my own, mostly about the Tudors (Henry VIII, James I, and Elizabeth I) and the modern ones (George I - IV, then a William, then Victoria, then the two Edwards, two more Georges, then Elizabeth; and coming up: Charles III, William IV, and George VII - unless, as a rumor goes, Prince Charles will take the name George, in which case Prince Williams son will be George VIII. It makes your head spin to try to keep everything straight.
I saw in the " Suzy Gold" movie about the Jewish family, i think they more like not to open to others, and saying other than Jews as "Hobo", means not as smart as Jews.
Yes, Jewish people tend to be "clannish", meaning socially exclusive, and prefer to be around other Jews as much as possible. This is one reason why some people think that the Jews must always be up to something.
Their word for us is "goyim" (singular "goy"). This means "people", but is taken to mean "people who are not Jews". This is considered a bit rude, and a more polite word is "gentile". They do have other, more colorful terms, that they use when they think "there's nobody here but us Jews", but you don't hear them use those term around us goyim.
As to the present Israeli/Palestinian conflict: after the Holocaust, many, both Jews and gentiles, thought that it was about time the Jewish people had a place of their own to call home, and the United Nations voted in 1948 to divide what was then the western part of British-ruled Palestine (which included what is now Israel and Jordan) into both Jewish and Arab sections. This worked well for about five minutes before Jews from around the world started flocking in, pushing out the Palestinians who had been there for generations, and claiming the land for themselves. The two groups have been fighting each other over the land ever since - the Jews think that they have a right to the land because God gave it to them; and the Palestinians think they have a right to the land because they were there first. The Israelis keep control because they have an army, but the Palestinians are good at throwing rocks, and arms dealers are happy to sell them bombs and rockets.