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For my out of class experience, I chose to visit the two exhibits that Seton Hill’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education and Harlan Gallery hosted from October 15th to November 12th. The first exhibit was called “Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk,” which walked viewers through the life of Arthur Szyk and some of his most popular/influential pieces. Arthur Szyk was a Polish Jew that escaped Europe and immigrated to the United States in 1940. He was famous for his brilliantly…

The Bible is a centerpiece in my life. It is through this central piece that I regulate myself. If I want to learn about my ancestors where do I turn? The Bible. Always trying to make valuable choices where do I turn? The Bible. If I am seeking holy guidance, where do I turn? The Bible. The Bible was written by, God (a divine being). We as humans turn (Tshev) to this holy document to praise, to guide, to be guided, to govern, to be governed, to understand our past and our future, and to…

When you meet a person, an actual person, not just another face that teachers drag through your school life to force the person`s history or ideas, the very first thing you learn about them is their name of that human being with a heartbeat and with feelings. So, I would like to introduce you to Irena Sendler, a Catholic, Polish woman, who turned away from her work as a social worker to help the Jewish community being forced into the ghettos by helping the ill. She realized that there is not a…

Discuss the symbolism and significance of the title, Night. The title Night comes up multiple times throughout the book, showing the significance of the word and the importance of its meaning. The word night is usually associated with darkness, fear, the unknown, emptiness, and cold, which is the mood of the book. During his journey to Auschwitz, Madame Shӓchter only screams about the fire at night, symbolizing the fear the took over when night arrived. Furthermore, the longer Wiesel stays in…

Before entering the course, I believed that democracy in the Middle East was a viable option but that, because of many cultural reasons, was not the best option for that region. Now, having taken this course and learned about the different aspects of Middle East governance, I do not think that democracy is a viable option at all. It is not the matter of democracy cannot succeed in the Middle East or anything like that, it is the matter of democracy not being properly suited for societies like…

The author of Night, Elie Wiesel, takes the readers through a journey, during a place in time no one wants to visit. The victims during the holocaust were scarred for life “Wiesel and many survived victims wish they could forget what happened, but all say “Never shall I forget” to imply the wish, yet inability to forget” (Nurick para.2). The holocaust was an anti-Semitic event that discriminated Jews as an ethnic, religious, or racial group. Jews were sent to concentration camps, and were…

Giving up can better be defined as the ceasing of belief that something you wish to happen might be possible. In the autobiography Night written by Elie Wiesel, a Jew during World War II, who was sent to a concentration camp, we witness an example of a prisoner of war giving up. Wiesel has strength until the very end of his journey and right before liberation by the americans he looses hope as his father passes away. In life, many prisoners give up hope because of the fear they will never see…

Adolf Hitler, leader of the fascist Nazi party, seized power in Germany during early 1933. Almost immediately after, they began scapegoating Jewish people, blaming them for the problems Germany faced after World War I. On April 1st of the same year, a national boycott of Jewish owned businesses was announced. In the weeks that followed, legislations were passed forcing Jews out of civil services. This was part of Hitler’s larger plan to exterminate all Jewish people from Germany and…

obey orders from any foreign government only the Greek government. They are then captured and imprisoned, all of Kosmatopoulos field notes along with audio-recording are taken away. Many of the humanitarian workers were beaten and abused by the IDF forces. They are put into prison and cut off form the outside world. Finally, embassy staff arrive and inform the prisoners that there is a global outcry against what some consider to be an Israeli act of state terrorism. After three full days they…

Discrimination against the Jewish religion has a major impact around the world. The Jewish religion is very important because in the world today, religion takes up a big part. Just because of people’s religion choice they could get discriminated, beat to death, or even people will hate their religion as a whole and all of the people that stand for that said religion. Since people have the right to state their opinions everyone should care about everyone’s religion they choose. Opinions can hurt…