Matzo

One giant group of Jewish teens singing and dancing our hearts out to some Jewish melody, some would call it weird or even stupid, but to me it’s home. When you only get to see your 2nd family 5 time a year, you cherish every moment you spend with them. To me youth group is more than just a place to learn about religion, it’s about a sense of community and the close bonds you share with each other after surviving another event on four hours of sleep. It’s the bonds that made me want to sit on a…

Adolph Lewy, the only Jewish butcher in Konitz. Staying true to their inherent prejudice, the common-people of Konitz associated the murder with a blood libel, which was a barbaric Jewish practice of ritually slaughtering Christian children and baking matzo with their blood. The news of the murder soon ignited anti-Semitic sentiments across Germany and, more specifically, propagated violent actions against the Jews of Konitz. In The Butcher’s Tale, H.W. Smith contended that anti-Semitism’s…

The United States is often referred to as a “melting pot,” where different types of people blend together as one, which can especially be seen in our educational system. In “Immigrant Children” by Selma Berrol, the author argues the many challenges immigrant children faced as the United States tried to Americanize them through schooling. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, this blend of people faced more challenges than acceptance, particularly immigrant students. Immigrant children…

At the time The Fixer by Bernard Malamud was written, the Holocaust just subsided and there was lingering prejudice towards the Jewish community. There was also much political corruption in Russia and Malamud exposes the anti-Semitic leaders. In the novel, Malamud discusses the prejudices against Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman who is accused of murdering a Christian boy during Passover. Bok was accused of murdering the boy due to being Jewish and was charged without any substantial evidence. The…

reoccurring practice throughout the development of European society particularly in the harshest times. Economic hardship on peasants in the Middle Ages saw blame placed upon the Jews. Superstitions that Jews drained blood of Christian children to make matzo were widely believed among Europeans which only fueled violence. The Jews often lived in their own sections of cities and usually only mingled amongst themselves which didn’t help dispel any of these allegations. Any unexplained…

In order for you to become a person you initially need an egg and a sperm cell. Typically you have a mother to father ratio, although that has been successfully changing and improving within society for a number of years. I grew up with the typical set, one mom and one dad. My mother is a petite woman, she stands at five foot four inches and she has the softest features. The women of my mother’s side all possess the same traits, these serenely crystal blue eyes and sun kissed blonde hair. My…

Throughout Jewish history, surprising events have happened , events that supported Judaism and events that don’t support it. To ancient cultures, Jewish traditions, beliefs and customs appeared absurd. Judaism and its culture were able to survive and overcome hardships such as the holocaust and exile. It has been developed under historical conditions that are unique. Although Jewish religion and its culture has been alive for decades,research has proved Jewish religion and its culture have a…