Synagogue

project I knew I wanted to attend a Jewish service. Although I was not totally unfamiliar with Jewish religious belief and practice, I knew that I wanted to learn more about this religion since I have many Jewish friends. My friends attend reform synagogues…

city of Jerusalem was commissioned by the Jewish high priest himself. Another sign of the acculturation of the Jews was the Greek symbols depicted in the ancient Alexandrian-Jewish synagogues. An ancient synagogue excavated outside of Alexandria, used the Greek god, Helios, to symbolize the sun. Similarly, a second synagogue located just outside of Chorazin exhibits a carving of the Greek monster, Medusa on a column, as well as many smaller carvings of Cupid, the god of love. Finally, one of the…

I chose to write about the queer theologians, Jo Hirschmann and Elizabeth Wilson, because I appreciate their emphasis on the importance of intersectionality and moving beyond “identity politics.” As someone who was raised in a Christian household, I find their perspective from the viewpoint of Jewish theologians very interesting, but I think their main ideas can be applied to any religion or faith. Their piece from Queer Jews, “Next Year in Freedom! Taking Our Seder to the Streets”, aligned with…

temple shall only be touch by women soldiers, as it written in the Hebrew Bible . BG HaCohen thought process before evacuating these men and women inside the Synagogue was to treat them all with respect and dignity even if anyone resisted. BG HaCohen’s men move inside the Synagogue; one by one, they carried everyone men and women out of the Synagogue with little…

Christianity and Judaism while they are two different religions also have some very similar concepts. They both believe in the same God, they believe that there is only one God, they both believe in and study the Old Testament, as well as other common themes in both religions. Some of these similarities are due to the fact that “Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in the first century C.E.”(Hopfe, pg. 203). But Christianity and Judaism have some vast differences as well. Throughout this…

by his father to take over the synagogue. Danny dreams of being a psychologist. He will not- or as he says to Reuven- cannot tell his father about not wanting to take over the synagogue for fear of his father’s reaction. He is afraid of his father, and though he respects his father, he cannot approach his father for personal problems. Danny also tends to speak sharply and judgmentally. One example of this is when he and Reuven are walking home from Danny’s synagogue one night. Danny and Reuven…

Shabbat Shalom! This was the introduction that I received when I entered a Jewish synagogue. When entering the synagogue it reminded of entering a typical church, there were pews and at the very front was a large stage. On the stage was a keyboard, a wooden podium with a blue cloth over it. Also there was a wooden ark behind the podium and if you opened up the ark you would see where the Torah was stored. An interesting fact about the placement of the ark is it is facing were Jerusalem is…

the deceased. The first smell I smelt was of smoke, from the candles which each family would light two of. While in the synagogue, there was chatting among the congregation. At…

Judaic art depicting religious images decorate the walls in the Dura Europos synagogue in Syria, such as the fresco from the west wall Life of Moses, 239AD. According to Soltes this is a depiction of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt as he parts the Red Sea. There are two images of Moses with significance perspective; one larger than everybody else and the other a smaller version of Moses who turns his rod back toward the Red Sea which then swallows up the Egyptians who follow. This…

population resulting in 30,000 Jewish men being arrested and many of whom being sent to concentration camps. During the Night of Broken Glass, as shown in source 3, broken glass covered the streets which was the result of German Nazis burning down synagogues, vandalising Jewish schools, homes, businesses and killing close to or more than 100 Jewish people.…