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    HOLOCAUST 1938-1945 Aa Auschwitz-Birkenau One of the largest concentration camp back then, where more than 1.6 million people died. The Auschwitz-Birkenau was located near Oswiecim Poland. Bb Babi Yar A ravine near Kive where almost 34,000…

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    "Unique New York, Unique New York, Unique New York, Unique New York." The children's choir at my temple was practicing vocal exercises to prepare for our upcoming Shabbat service, the first one that I would participate in. When that evening came, however, I forgot the words to Hatikvah and ran offstage in tears. My parents were right behind and ended up spending the end of the service comforting me.That night, I made the decision to quit choir before I had a chance to process what my failure…

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    New American Immigrants

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    Throughout American history, immigrants from all over the world have traveled to this country in search of a better way of life. The immigrants brought with them a vast range, as well as varied levels of commitment to their native cultures and ideologies. The speed at which the immigrants, both assimilated into, as well as helped create the new culture in which they found themselves, were as diverse as the immigrants themselves. Two respected scholars put forth differing theories to explain the…

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    The history of the Congregation Beth Torah began June 24, 1988; the community was small at first and consisted of a couple dozen people. The first Erev Shabbat worship was held in the home of Dr. David and Cheryl Harris. On July 22, 1988 just over one hundred Jews prayed together at the temporary Jewish Community Center for the first official worship. On September 6, 1988 the community had receive its one hundredth member, and the first president Harold Sader, called a meeting to pass bylaws and…

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    Rushang Doshi RLST 110: ADJ Cameron Nielsen 28th April, 2016 RLST 110 FINAL PAPER Religion can be defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods (Oxford Dictionary). The variety of religious beliefs and organizations all over the world has made it difficult to conclude one definition of religion. Two of the most fundamental religions in the world today are Hinduism and Judaism. People around…

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    My Religion Visit Essay

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    When I went to the Temple Beth Shalom with my State college of Florida classmates to sit in on the Friday night service of the Shabbat. It was so amazing thing you never knew about the Jewish people or culture or anything. When I went for my religion visit I was just going to get my religion visit over with so that I can write my paper so I don’t have to do the other visit. But I was wrong it was a whole different story I learn more about the Jewish people that I never knew before. Going there…

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    Frozen-Personal Narrative

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    I picked her up from her school, brought her home, follow by eating some sweets and watching “Frozen”. Then we went to pizzeria after which i took her home. There was my sister and my fiance. As i was picking her up from the school i noticed how she interacts with her peers and her teachers. Knows everyone’s name, wavis her hand and says good bye. She is always excited to talk her classmates. Later she told me that her best friend 's name is Julie, and her supposably boy friend’s name is Justine…

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    (Exodus 31:15-17) Shabbat is primarily a day of rest and spiritual enrichment (Judaism 101, n.d., para. 4). Furthermore, prayer is significant in Judaism for promoting peace and relationship with God. The following prayer is said on the Sabbath and is a part of daily prayer…

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    As I immersed myself with orthodox Jews I learned that their traditions were even stronger than I had assumed. They had very strong beliefs about gender roles, their religious text, and actions during certain holidays. For example, during Shabbat, over the weekend, no one in the family was allowed to carry anything outside of their home, including their little children. All of these practices had direct correlation to the Torah and a strong historical reasoning. When looking into this group…

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    Judaism celebrates “Sabbath” which is the seventh day of the week in “Fulfillment of the biblical commandment” (Shabbat Customs, 1). There worship day beings on Friday evening to Saturday. The worship days of Christianity are on Sundays while for Muslims Fridays are the congregation’s prayer days. When comparing Judaism and Islam “worship beings on the eve of the actual…

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