Orthodox Judaism

Mahmud Darwish is a Palestinian poet who lived during the time Palestine was given up to Israel and the Jews. He wrote many poems about Palestine's struggles and their hatred for the Jewish people. “To Our Land” speaks about the struggles the Palestinian people had when they were kicked out of their homes and forced to leave. He writes to his old home and old life. He starts off by writing, “to our land, and it is the one near the word of God.” He is most likely talking about being near Mecca,…

Deuteronomy Response 3A Deuteronomy or the Second Law stresses obedience. When Moses spoke to the Israelites, he reminded them of everything that happened to their entire nation since they were freed from Egypt. He reminded them of the agreement that they made with God to obey his rules, and of the consequences individual people and the entire nation had to pay for not obeying God. But he didn’t only stress the bad or negative aspects of following God, he also reminded them of the great…

freedom of expression seemed impossible. The formation of Israel and their right to religious freedom was risky to accomplish. Morality indicated in these situations what was just and unjust. As a result from the Israelites faith and perseverance, Judaism was born. Law sets rules and standards which hold human beings accountable for their actions. The need for just law is exemplified through the demonstration of how the Egyptians treated the Israelites. In Exodus, the Pharaoh unjustly punishes…

Nicholas Lentz Mr. Beachey English 9R 31 March 2017 Don’t Fall Behind 7.125 billion people live in the world and almost half of the people barely live on 1.25$ a day. In our society today, you need to have a good job and have a good amount of money. These people are trying to fit in but they can’t. Although our society values, self expression people often are forced to change themselves to fit in or they could be punished and later on harm other people. People often change not to stick out in…

In chapter 22 James meets Aubrey Rubenstein and since chapter 22 James says that at this point he has found what he has been looking for because Aubrey has came into his life. Rubenstein insisted to show the history of their Jewish community in Suffolk. Rubenstein told James that is was not an easy life to live there because they were Jewish, so the population of the Jews decreased. To begin with James meets Rubenstein by going into Rubensteins office with surprise. Rubenstein was surprised and…

One of my favorite Bible stories when growing up as a kid was the story of Ruth. I liked it back in my childhood because it showed to me someone who persevered through everything she had been through to achieve what she wanted. As a college student, I still enjoy this story but for a much different reason. Looking at the story through various lenses and criticisms has shown me that the main point of the story was lost on me as a child. The number one point of the story is the idea that Ruth is a…

Judaism is a religious belief system that differs from Hinduism in a lot of ways. Jews make up the religion Judaism. Some of their beliefs are that there is only one true God. His name is Yahweh, and he is all knowing, all powerful. They believe that you are to have a personal relationship with Him. Jews also believe that God reveals himself to them through prophets and special events. Jews abide by the ten commandments which were given to Moses by God on the top of Mount Sinai. Moses and…

After the World War 2 the Hungarian government abolished anti-Jewish legislation and put to trial and imprisoned those involved in the deportation and destruction of the Jews; however, no law was passed to return property lost or confiscated in the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism was banned, but anti-Jewish sentiments still continued. Assimilation is a major problem in Hungary. Anti-Semitism remains a problem, even into the twenty-first century. In recent memory attacks by "nationalists" on foreign…

Mesopotamia believed that the world that the world was a flat disk that was just surrounded by the vast hollow space and was enclosed by an over-arching heaven. They also believed that the sea was all around the earth, top, bottom, and the sides. Another thing they believed was that the universe was born by the waters. The mesopotamians were also polytheistic, they believed in many gods. They worshiped four primary gods Anu, Enlil, Enki, and Ninhursag. Along with three sky gods Inanna/Ishtar,…

Marc Chagall’s painting of the Prophet Isaiah is very dramatic. In the center, the painting depicts the moment when a seraph purifies Isaiah’s lips with live coal. In the Bible, Isaiah focuses on his “unclean lips” from speaking sins in the past and how those sins would make it impossible to speak the word of Yahweh. To make it so that he could receive the gift of utterance, the seraph purified his lips (Armstrong 42). This gave Isaiah the ability to purely convey the words he will be asked to…