Synagogue

They drove the Jews to Schlageter Square, where they stood until dawn. In the center of the anxious crowd stood a massive collection of sacred Jewish objects collected from the Jewish community house and the synagogues. Then, as the sun began to rise, the Nazis set the pyre and a synagogue alight. As the Nazis destroyed centuries of Jewish culture, thoughts of a pleasant future for Fürth’s Jewry went up in smoke (Confino 1-3). The heinous events in Fürth were repeated that night in countless…

We visited the Synagogue on Shabbat to attend a combination of a mitzvah service and a regular Shabbat service. Shabbat is Hebrew for rest and on Saturdays Jews use this day of rest to praise god and reflect on their religion. Jews are forbidden from doing certain things on Shabbat, such as, cooking, driving, handling money, using the phone, turning on lights, and writing letters. As one can see Shabbat is quite restrictive, however, these laws are in place to ensure that Jews show proper…

Judaism? How are you addressing that challenge? “” After this interview, I went to visit a synagogue, which is the Jewish house of prayer. The synagogue had the main sanctuary that is where people pray. From previous studies, I know that some synagogues can have smaller rooms for study and sometimes social halls and offices, and some have a separate room for Torah study. Basically and resumed, synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of prayer, Torah reading, study and assembly;…

A leader is someone who leads a group, while an effective leader is someone who not only leads, but also listens. To me, the Rabbi at my synagogue, Rabbi Mark, is an effective leader. During a sermon at Yom Kippur services, Rabbi Mark stated, “Sometimes we need to stop and listen to what others have to say.” Even if we disagree with a person or we are in a hurry, it still important to stop and listen to others perspectives. Once we learn about others perspectives we can truly show compassion for…

This week I attended the Saturday morning service (which was at 8:30 a.m.) at the Temple Beth Israel Jewish Synagogue in Fresno, California. The first thing I noticed was this service was the most popular. I had asked by Jewish friends what the best service to go to was, and they all recommended that the Saturday morning service versus the other two services (which…

Kristallnacht is an event that transpired on the 9th and 10th of November 1938 throughout Germany and German owned areas. Often referred to as the ‘Night of Broken Glass’ in the event of the anti-Jewish violence that occurred through the burning of synagogues, Jewish shops and homes being ransacked and mob violence against the Jews in the streets, while the police stood idly by . Wiener shares his recollections of the night of Kristallnacht through the eyes of a…

Paragraph 1 Anti-Semitism existed in Europe long before the Nazi regime came to power Jews were persecuted for centuries prior to 1900. Jews in most European communities. Introduced it in the 16th century in Germany provided for Jewish enclave’s citizens of Venice they in 1516 the Jewish area walled in and the gates were locked from sunset to morning two gates allowed Jews to leave after sunrise. Jews were forced to wear black clothes. In 1555 pope Paul IV confined Jews of Rome to a ghetto…

Start Writing Do you think it is cruel to lose your family members, well Alfred Munzer did. The Holocaust is an event where Jews and other people that were not German, got sent off to concentration camp and got killed. There were over 6 million Jews that were killed and over 10 million got sent away to these camps. Some of the events leading up to the Holocaust were the Nuremberg Laws and the 121 other laws. The Nuremberg Laws were made in 1935. This event was when the Jews were not allowed…

the hate group, yet pursued methods of retaliating. Tammy Schnitzer and the residents of Billings were intimidated by the hate group several times. To start with, a few of the hate group members entered the synagogue full of people holding lit cigarettes, which were forbidden in the synagogue, and got a hold of one of the Jew’s books where they proceeded to throw it on the floor. In addition, the hate group drove to a Jewish cemetery and desecrated many of the graves, one including Tammy…

There was no way I was crazy, right? I mean I know exactly what I saw. I'm sure others saw them too, but why is no one saying anything? Stupid question, Donnie boy. Obviously, they are afraid of coming off as crazy, if not just simply afraid. But I've got to tell someone. Who? I have no doubt my mother would have me committed if I were to tell her what was happening. Should I go to the police? The FBI? Men in Black? Yeah, right. The story of Chicken Little pops into my head. But as far as I…