Jewish history

A message of hope, liberation, and inspiration is what comes to mind when reading 121st division of Psalms. This particular Psalm has been a source of inspiration when inspiring worshipers to worship God. It has personal inspired me to look past my hurts, pains, sorrows and situations to toward the source of my hope, God. This particular passage of Psalms reminds me that, the true and living, God never stop caring for or watching over his children. This Psalm, much like the 23rd division of…

prejudiced views of the audience; this image “becomes the stereotype and historical image of a Jew” (1). Although Shylock is a very strong adoption of the traditional image of the Jew, Ray points out that he is a man of dignity that pleads on behalf of the Jewish race and humanity (1). He also reveals the reason why the Jews were despised by the Christians and Venetians, as well as how their prejudice influenced the Jews. Despite the continual mistreatment by the Christians and Venetians…

the Holocaust, the Nazis used dehumanization to belittle Jews to mere “things”; objects with no purpose other than to be a nuisance. The Nazis were brutal in their endeavor to wipe out the “insignificant and worthless” Jewish race, mainly forcing their despicable horrors upon the Jewish people in German concentration camps. Although the majority of the dehumanization of the Jews was in German concentration camps, there was also a great deal of injustice towards them long before ending up in…

Abandoned by Stan Telchin reveals his personally journey, 20th century viewpoints of Jewish people, and ways to reach Jewish people for Yeshua. Immediately in the first chapter, Telchin captured my attention with his testimony of the opposition he encountered after accepting Yeshua. Once it was known in the Jewish community that he had received Yeshua, Telchin was immediately pegged as an outsider. He was no longer one of “them”. He details an example of the “us” versus “them” mentality that…

the Striped Pajamas, Bruno loses his faith in his country and starts to identify more with the Jews than the German people because he deems the Jews as more honorable. Bruno’s childhood innocence prevents him from understanding why people hate the Jewish race so much. He unintentionally befriends a Jew working in a camp and starts to see the world in a new light. When Bruno first sees the working camp, he mistakes it for a farm. When Bruno asks his mother about it, she perpetuates this lie that…

Henriquez was Othered because she had a brain injury. Mary Anne from The Things they Carried written by Tim O’Brien was Othered because she fell in love with Vietnam. Vladek Spiegelman from Maus, written by Art Spiegelman was Othered because he was Jewish. Othering is a process that identifies those that are thought to be different from oneself or the mainstream, and it can reinforce and reproduce positions of domination and…

October 1939. Within a month of German occupation Poland began to become heavily segregated. Many Poles were exiled from their homes so that German soldiers had a place to stay. In as early as October Jewish citizens were forced to perform hard labour to repair the damage done during the invasion. Non-Jewish Poles were also eventually subject to forced labour as well. However, the Nazi began identifying the worker…

Dachau. The word spreads of Hitler 's plans, that will soon begin World War II. It wasn’t until 1938 that the rest of the world discovers Hitler’s true plan for evacuating the Jews. Hitler had his mind set on world domination but his hate for the Jewish people would not allow him to focus on his greatest goal. The Germans had removed all Jews from Germany, Poland, and Soon moved toward Sighet Transylvania, where Elie Wiesel is born. Elie and his family were forced to go to the jew registration.…

Upon arriving at The Temple B’nai Jeshurun I was not exactly sure what to expect or what I had got myself into. I had assumed that my class would be looked at weird and treated funny because we were spectating their Jewish worship. However, after arriving in the sanctuary the people were very friendly and welcoming. Some even came up to us and shook our hands and told us they were glad to have us there. Sally Frank was very helpful and mentioned someone of the holidays we had learned about in…

Summary In an Asian town, along the edge of a Jewish ghetto, lays a Christian school. A young boy of 7 years old, strong in his faith of christianity, attended said school and was a member of the choir, he was also the son of a widow. The young boy was kind, sweet, and very innocent. The words used to describe him ensure us that we realize how innocent he was. He would sit and listen to children of the choir sing O Alma Redemptoris until he knew the opening verse by memory, he soon asked what…