Jewish Temple Experience Paper

As my second community assignment, i have chosen to attend a Jewish temple service. From my experience, I was able to more understanding and knowledge of the Jewish faith. My experience held both things I had expected, but many of my accusations were proven to be wrong. There were so many unexpected things that came out of my experience and I am glad I had the opportunity to learn new information about a large group within our society that I was not familiar with prior to my attendance at the Jewish service. Before leaving my house, I picked out an appropriate outfit for the service. My attire consisted of a conservative blouse, black dress pants, and a pair of nice boots. Before my research, I planned on wearing a pair of jeans and a nice blouse. However, after my research I found it was more appropriate to dress more formal than jeans. On my way to the temple, I felt slightly nervous. I kept thinking of how uncomfortable I was going to feel walking into the temple being as I am not Jewish. However, it ended up not being as uncomfortable as I thought it was going to be. The service that I had attended was called the Erev Shabbat …show more content…
After my visit to the Jewish temple I still see some general things in common, but the two religious faiths and how their services are run are extremely different. As the Jewish temple service came to an end, I realized how many things I have learned about the Jewish faith through this community assignment. By taking the time to research and then learn from a live experience, I was able to gather a lot of information on such a large group of people within our society. I believe it is important to learn about other people's beliefs, values, and lifestyles other than our own to be able to understand how our world works as a whole. Overall, my attendance to the Jewish temple service was a great learning