Synagogue

where he shot Ernst vom Rath, a German official. Vom Rath succumbed to his injuries on November 9th, 1938, which prompted Hitler to call for “counter measures against the Jews, [to] specifically burn down as many homes as possible, burn down as many synagogues as possible and [to] destroy [Jewish] businesses…

When discussing the history of Germany, it’s impossible not to bring up the topic of the Nazi’s. Nazi is short for the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, which was a political party that started in the early 1930’s and ended in 1945. This party was ran by Adolf Hitler that believed the Aryan race was the perfect race, and took out anyone who disagreed with their views. They saw the Jewish people as their biggest threat and tried to eliminate all Jews. This is what led to the…

Jews give at least ten percent of their earnings, or their harvest to charity. As the Muslims have a name for God (Allah), the Judaic faith has a name for God and that is YHWH. As the Islamic faith, in the Judaic faith you do not have to be at a synagogue to pray, you can pray from anywhere, however the Jewish people do not face a certain way when praying. In this faith there are specific prayers that can only be carried out as a community. One of the basic goals for Judaism is to keep the…

When it comes to the Jewish religion, most may associate it with the homeland of Israel or, unfortunately, the negative events that the Jews have experienced over the years. However, there are many positive issues that can be associated with the Jewish religion. When it comes to human influences, there are many who have had a positive influence, most of which are Rabbi 's. One Rabbi in particular had a great impact on the Jews and even helped out with issues not pertinent to his own religion,…

First of all, I really like his approach to overcome the cause of today`s most demanding social problems. It`s not a typical first-world “we know the best” approach, rather a businessman making his journey into the real world, finding different vision every time he fails and happily using his optimistic character to strike problems. In the book, he compared poor people with 'bonsai ' tree and remarked that if we could help poor people out of poverty by creating an enabling environment, then it…

Many different people find Christ in many different ways. In Girl Meets God by Lauren Winner, her twenty-five-year-old self talks about her own journey to finding Christ. Because this is a nonfiction book, this is based on the author’s personal experience. In Girl Meets God, it shows her whole life of religion, how it has changed, and the many things she learns from those experiences. In Winner’s story of finding God, it is different than most. Her father is Reform Jewish and her mother is a…

Jesus often overlook the fact that Jesus was Jewish, both in ethnicity and religion. Another aspect that Borg examines is the Socialization and early childhood of Jesus. In this portion, Borg draws the conclusion that Jesus was likely enrolled in a synagogue as a youth, participating in the practices of “Common Judaism”. It was then discussed how at some point in early adulthood, Jesus became a religious seeker, likely do to a conversion experience. This conversion was not to another faith but…

In the year 1933 Adolf Hitler was in charge Germany. When he was in charge, he had repeatedly blamed the Jews for not winning World War I. He also hated people with blond hair and blue eyes. Hitler had thought that the Jews were the complete opposite of them At this time the jews were only one percent of the German population. That was around 55 million people. But they were gradually shut out of German society by the Nazis through a never-ending series of laws. Which deprived them of their…

auto-ethnography encompassed a three-day span from last Thursday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. During this time, I visited Boston to participate in the celebration of a rabbi’s installation as the first woman to lead New England’s largest Reform Jewish Synagogue (Temple Israel of Boston). As points-of-reference: this particular rabbi was also the person who oversaw my conversation to Judaism and was particular influential during some of my tumultuous life events. Additionally, I have remained…

McCain’s essay features the things that American citizens should give to their country to show good patriotism. For example, in the second paragraph of his essay, he explained how Americans coming together in “families, churches, synagogues, museums, symphonies, the Little League, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the Salvation Army or the VFW” is a representation of patriotism. Through listing these examples of patriotism, he is giving his reader options of what he or she could do…