I chose to rewrite Lesson 1 because I made a blatant mistake of referring to the Israelites as Israeli’s. Also, after my post, I did additional research about the plagues and found that the translation varied widely in various editions of the Bible. I felt this observation was worthy of discussion.
What values are passed on in these Bible stories? Would you think of any of these values differently if you were a child? In what ways has American culture retained these Judeo-Christian roots? What evidence from current events would you give to support your answer? The Bible teaches what is right and wrong. Specifically, when God delivered The Ten Commandments to the Israelites,God (G-d) described a set of rules that would provide for better …show more content…
There has been a fair amount of discussion about violence in fairy tales, and how inappropriate such content may be for children in the 21st century. Many of you have discussed why you object to violence in the fairy tales we read early in the course. There are some kinds of violence that few of you object to--for instance, the punishment of the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, or the killing of the violent Bluebeard. Then there are all the robberies that are attempted—like in "The Day it Snowed Tortillas." And no one said much about the violence of the Holocaust in the background of Singer 's stories, that kept the Jews in their places at the bottom of the economic …show more content…
I enjoy Singer’s sense of humor and his sharp perspective of Jewish culture that he inflicts in his stories. The stories are poignant yet enlightening. Even though the Jewish people were repressed in the time period of these stories, they still had hope that they would persevere. Zlateh the Goat, is the perfect example. In Zlateh the Goat, Aaron, the eldest son of a furrier, obeyed his father when he was instructed to take the beloved family goat to the town butcher when the family fell on hard times. It never occurred to him to disobey his father’s orders. Due to extraordinary circumstances, the family was able to keep the goat in the end. I’m always interested to learn more about Jewish culture because my husband operates a business that serves the Jewish population. He often comes home with very interesting stories about things that happen during the course of his day with his customers and they are always interesting and / or amusing. Two stories that seem particularly fitting to the stories that my husband tells are Zlateh the Goat and Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the Miser. In Singer’s stories, the Jew’s always find a way to make lemonade out of lemons and I think that is apropos given the repressed environment that they were faced with. I feel that these stories are written extraordinarily well and are a wonderful resource for everybody to learn from. The primary difference in Singer’s
What values are passed on in these Bible stories? Would you think of any of these values differently if you were a child? In what ways has American culture retained these Judeo-Christian roots? What evidence from current events would you give to support your answer? The Bible teaches what is right and wrong. Specifically, when God delivered The Ten Commandments to the Israelites,God (G-d) described a set of rules that would provide for better …show more content…
There has been a fair amount of discussion about violence in fairy tales, and how inappropriate such content may be for children in the 21st century. Many of you have discussed why you object to violence in the fairy tales we read early in the course. There are some kinds of violence that few of you object to--for instance, the punishment of the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, or the killing of the violent Bluebeard. Then there are all the robberies that are attempted—like in "The Day it Snowed Tortillas." And no one said much about the violence of the Holocaust in the background of Singer 's stories, that kept the Jews in their places at the bottom of the economic …show more content…
I enjoy Singer’s sense of humor and his sharp perspective of Jewish culture that he inflicts in his stories. The stories are poignant yet enlightening. Even though the Jewish people were repressed in the time period of these stories, they still had hope that they would persevere. Zlateh the Goat, is the perfect example. In Zlateh the Goat, Aaron, the eldest son of a furrier, obeyed his father when he was instructed to take the beloved family goat to the town butcher when the family fell on hard times. It never occurred to him to disobey his father’s orders. Due to extraordinary circumstances, the family was able to keep the goat in the end. I’m always interested to learn more about Jewish culture because my husband operates a business that serves the Jewish population. He often comes home with very interesting stories about things that happen during the course of his day with his customers and they are always interesting and / or amusing. Two stories that seem particularly fitting to the stories that my husband tells are Zlateh the Goat and Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the Miser. In Singer’s stories, the Jew’s always find a way to make lemonade out of lemons and I think that is apropos given the repressed environment that they were faced with. I feel that these stories are written extraordinarily well and are a wonderful resource for everybody to learn from. The primary difference in Singer’s