The Story of Lebanon
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This seven-page-paper provides an informative overview of the country Lebanon. Geographic features, family practices and religious majorities re all discussed and defined. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: CWlebano.wps

Ancient Israel: Political and Religious Leadership and Ideology
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A four page overview of the major ideologies and leadership in Israel between the Monarchic Period and the Second Temple Period. Discusses the destruction of Jerusalem and the primary divisions in Judaism during the Second Temple Period. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPisrael.wps

Flavius Josephus
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A 16 page research paper on the life and works of Flavius Josephus, a Pharisee who denounced Judaism and became a Roman. Josephus is attributed with the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 66 C.E., but is credited with writing the only surviving history of the period that was not a religious text. For this reason, his works, 'The Jewish War,' 'Antiquities,' and 'Apion,' are used as a historical resource for the period, even though they are highly criticized. Bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: cnjsphus.wps

History of Jews in China
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This 10 page report discusses the history of the Jews in China. Approximately 1,000 years ago, of Jewish traders from the Middle East who settled in the Sung dynasty's imperial capital of Kaifeng along the Yellow River in east central China. They openly prayed in Hebrew, observed Jewish dietary laws, circumcised their newborn sons and built a synagogue facing Jerusalem in which to worship. They lived in peace for centuries, eventually establishing a Jewish society and culture that has been estimated to range in numbers between 5,000 to 9,000 people. In the 1930s and 1940’s, there were an estimated 30,000-40,000 Jews in China. Most of whom left after the end of World War II or during the Cultural Revolution. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWchina.rtf

Thomas Friedman’s “From Beirut to Jerusalem”
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This 10 page report discusses the 1989 book by foreign correspondent Thomas Friedman. Friedman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner (1983 and 1988 for Middle East coverage) also won the National Book Award for “From Beirut to Jerusalem.” The most compelling portions of Friedman’s book are about the torment and the turbulence that is Lebanon. As he presents his readers with the relationships he established during his time in both Israel and Lebanon, he calls on one of the fundamentals of social science in terms of that relationship building. A significant portion of this report looks at the book from the perspective of social science. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWbeirju.wps