Synagogue

To start off, have you ever imagined what it would be like to be treated like an animal? Well, this was the sad reality for millions of innocent humans of different races and different religious beliefs. One of those innocent humans was Elie Wiesel. Elie Wiesel was born and raised in Sighet, a small town in Transylvania. Early in the year 1944, Elie was forcefully taken from home and transported to many concentration camps. After several long years, it finally all came to an end. First,…

Christianity and Islam. Jews glorify ambiguity. Judaism is inherited, they often discourage conversion. The Shema is like the creed for the Jews although there isn’t a formal creed. This religion is more about practicing than believing. Going to synagogue is something that keeps you engaged in the Jewish community. Also, reciting the Kaddish prayer for your parents and when they die. The goal of Judaism was to keep the people together; they are a collective religion. They refer to themselves as…

Judaism began around 2000 BC, four thousand years ago, when the main founder, Abraham, made a divine covenant with God. Judaism is a monotheistic religion and a set of practices followed by the Jewish people. It is one of the original three Abraham faiths, which also includes Christianity and Islam. Judaism is the belief that there is on single God who created the universe and in which every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship with. In this religion, Jews believed of the…

The novel Night is Elie Wiesel’s memoir that shows his traumatic experiences during the Holocaust and how the Holocaust changes him from a spiritual, sensitive young boy to a unspiritual, internally dead man. The changes that take place in Elie’s life are very evident as you read his memoir. The Holocaust began January, 30th 1933 and ended May, 8th 1945. These 13 long years were a life time for many jews, in this period of time they not only lost many family members and close friends, but many…

an effort to be inclusive, Jeremey invites Candy Andy, a homeless vagrant who is considered "crazy" by everyone, to his bar mitzvah. At the bar mitzvah, Jeremy hands the Torah to Candy Andy in a quite risky move and Candy Andy dances around the synagogue and sings Looney Tunes. While at first, everyone thought it was outlandish that this man was…

their history back as far as Abraham. Judaism is one of the oldest practiced religions. The main categories of Judaism are Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. The Jewish culture place of worship is called synagogues and also referred to as the temple. Generally, men and women worshiped alone. The synagogue manages a cultural and political leadership in more conservative and traditional Jewish communities. In the Jewish culture the spiritual leader is called a Rabbi. Rabbis translate the Bible and…

Growing up as a Jew enmeshed in the conservative movement, I knew very little of actual practical Judaism; practical in the sense of what a Jew actually practices in daily and yearly observances, such as the Sabbath- otherwise known as Shabbat, praying three times a day- morning services, called Shacharit, afternoon services, Mincha, and night services, Maariv, as well as keeping kosher; specifically, not mixing milk and meat and waiting one hour after eating dairy before eating meat, and six…

wanted them to accept the God of Israel as their only God. Jesus also taught the word of God in the temple daily and that was their educational time. The Jews changed the name of the temple to the Synagogue, meaning “house of assembly”, due to Greek influence. All of the teachers in the temple or Synagogue were known as rabbi for the school. Children would start school at the age of four to five years old. The rabbi would primarily teach on the Torah, and reading and writing Scripture. Students…

Squirrel Hill is a residential neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The city officially divides it into two neighborhoods, Squirrel Hill North and Squirrel Hill South, but it is almost universally treated as a single neighborhood. As of the 2010 Census, Squirrel Hill North has a population of 11363, having grown 9% since 2000. Squirrel Hill North's population is 75% White, 17% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 3% black. Of the 3892 housing units in Squirrel Hill North,…

and the end of the novel, Night. In the beginning of the novel, Elie was very faithful to God. He studied the Kabbalah and visited the Synagogue almost every day. He even prayed so deeply, he cried while doing it. He thought nothing could go wrong with God by his side. In chapter one, Elie states, “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the Synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple.” (Wiesel 3). This quote explains how deep Elie is with his religion, and why he loves…