Yom Kippur War

“We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial,” writes Jennifer Niven in her novel, All The Bright Places. In the year 1942, Elie Wiesel is unwaveringly loyal to God and he is a young boy full of potential. When he and his family are deported in 1944, his entire life changes over the course of a few days. In his memoir detailing his experiences during the Holocaust, he writes of the events that had…

The perversion of having sexual involvement with some form of “beast” remains a noteworthy factor in the Bible after the exodus out of Egypt. It states, • These warnings regarding “lying with a beast;” follows shortly after Lev 17:7, concerning “whoring after devils, (goatmen).” Concurrently, by these verses being so adjacent to each other and corresponding similarly, there certainly reason to associate them together. As mentioned, Pan became claimed by the ancient priests in Egypt (where the…

Jewish Holidays Jewish holidays are filled with tradition and go back hundreds of years. Some are about solemn occasions but some are more lively and festive. Jews have their own calendar, The Hebrew Calendar. Their calendar is based upon lunar orbits which one cycle is 29.5 days. A lunar year is 354 days which is 11 days less than the solar year which is 365.25 days. The Jewish society add an extra month to the Hebrew calendar seven times out of every 19 years. If they did not do this their…

looks back at the destruction of the second temple. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year and one of the biggest holidays in the religion highly celebrated in the synagogues. This is celebrated in September and then greeted by Yom Kippur in October not too long after. Yom Kippur is known as the most important day of the year for the Jews and the day of Atonement. The next big holiday is Hanukkah. Hanukkah is celebrated in december and is known as the festival of lights. Kosher meat is the only…

The Churchill Room A mini-ethnographic essay Introduction There is no doubt that ethnographic studies can vary in terms of scope, details presented, audience targeted, researching skills of the writer, objectives aimed at and several other associated motives. Primarily aiming at acquiring the benefits of developing what Clifford Geertz calls as “thick description” in his book The Interpretation of Cultures (1993), this essay will examine the daily activities in a public space…

My 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…

Sage 1. Explain what the feast is about. Answer: Yom Kippur is considered an exceptionally important holiday, if not the most important in Jewish custom. In this 25 hour period, a complete Sabbath is held and no food is to be eaten nor work done the entirety of the day. Additionally, water is not consumed during this time. 2. Why is the feast celebrated? Answer: Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Jewish culture. The entire purpose of the celebration is to…

inclusion of violence in her stories. Whether the characters presently live in Israel, or have moved on from the region, the chaos from the country is incorporated into their lives. Tsabari was born in Israel, and is all too familiar with the horrors the wars have created. However, she has remained authentic with the presentation of her homeland in The Best Place on Earth, and by including violent aspects they help to carry her message through to her readers. She does not go overboard to create…

The in-depth analysis of the MiG-21 and the discovery of its strengths and weakness led to air superiority during the Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars. The exploitation of strengths and weakness of the MiG-21 by the IAF allowed a less prominent aircraft, the Dassault Mirage III, to gain a competitive edge on the more advanced MiG-21. This aircraft was regarded as the most advanced and secretive…

The Cult of the Offensive adds another layer to the cause of the war between the Arab nations and Israel. When Egypt named Anwar Sadat president in 1970, he realized that his nation was economically troubled and that it would not be able to continue the fight against Israel (Staff, 1). Sadat needed to come up with a…