Synagogue

Warsaw, A Symbol of Resistance and Courage “The horrors experienced by the Jews of Warsaw in their two years of confinement are almost too vile and inhuman to have been created by the hands of men.” (Finegersh 1) Although the odds were against them, the Jews of Warsaw took desperate measures to escape life in the ghetto. They started with unexpected resistance, which turned into an uprising; although they did not succeed, they will always be remembered as a symbol of resistance for fighting…

When really, the German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and other Nazis had carefully organized the event. During this night, the Nazis destroyed and looted Jewish businesses and homes. Over 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and over 250 synagogues were burned. Many Jews were beaten and killed on that night. Around 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration…

How is one person capable of losing all faith in their God, after being in an extensive, deadly, and cruel circumstance? Just ask Elie Weisel. Elie Wiesel is an American Jewish writer who wrote Night based on his accounts of the Holocaust. At the age of 15, Elie, his three siblings, and his parents were all taken by Nazi forces to Sighet, a local ghetto. He was separated from his mother and sister and deported to Auschwitz. He faced many obstacles along the way to his liberation. Throughout…

Death is not what the greatest loss is, it is, in fact, when we die on the inside, while our hearts continues to beat. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the author retells the horrors he went through during his time in the concentration camps during World War II. The book tells an unbearably painful story that describes all the pain, hunger, work, and beatings Wiesel and his fellow prisoners had to experience. Wiesel details the emotional death within the other prisoners, spawned through the…

Marc Chagall was born in a small community in the suburbs of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His dad was a fish seller and his mom sold miscellaneous stuff. When Chagall was a child he attended a Jewish elementary school, he studied Hebrew and the bible there, later on he ended up attending a Russian public school. “He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would…

Legitimation has two parts, first is justification designed to get one comply to a certain practice. Second manufacturing the consent of those listening by giving such response as “you’ll get to hell if you don’t”. There are eight types of legitimation that are introduced in this chapter they are: a legitimation, obvious legitimation, religious legitimation, non-religious legitimation, supernatural legitimation, oppressive legitimation and intentional legitimation. In chapter five of A Critical…

1- In A biblical Walk Through The Mass, Edward mentioned the inclusion of the Old Testament reading. I found that interesting to read about it and to know exactly what is mean. So, as I read I think the Old Testament is primarily a witness of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who was known to the ancients as Jehovah. According to my religion, Islam teaches us that God revealed eternal truth to prophets prior to Muhammad, including the prophets of the Hebrew Bible. Islam also recognizes the legitimacy…

the local Church of Trent for the murder of a small, Christian boy named Simon Unferdorben, son of Andreas, for the use in a Jewish religious ritual. The corpse of the boy was found in the cellar of Simon’s home which was Trent’s central Jewish synagogue. Jewish persecutions were becoming more common within European communities so Simon’s case may not be the first of its kind, but it is a good example of similar…

Abstract A worldview is a theory (or philosophy) of life or conception of the world. A world view is a mental motto of one’s actuality of living. Although our conception of life is sometimes influenced by the people who we watch on television, in our households, or who we associate ourselves with, we all have a sole outlook on the reason we are here. One will ask themselves at some point in their lifetime : why am I here? What is my purpose in life ? What happens after death? Is there a God? At…

Three Agents of Socialization The agents of socialization are how society affects our orientation towards life (Henslin, 2014). They also prepare us to take our place in society. Agents of Socialization play a significant role in the individual lives of our society. These Agents determine a general outlook on who we are, what we do, and what we can achieve. The three main agents of socialization that have played a part in internalizing culture and developing a social identity in our lives are…