Yom Kippur

During the 1970’s, America and many other Western nations endured a severe oil shortage, due to an embargo set by the Middle Eastern nations. These Middle Eastern nations controlled the oil company known as OPEC, which helped supply many Western nations their oil. OPEC, or The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, was formed by the coming together of all the Arab countries who were infuriated at the fact that Palestinian lands were taken and used to create Israel (OPEC States…

There is a story of a young, but earnest Zen student who approached his teacher, and asked the Master, “If I work very hard and diligently, how long will it take for me to find Zen?” The Master thought about this, then replied, “Ten years.” The student then said, “But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast — How long then?” Replied the Master, “Well, twenty years.” “But, if I really, really work at it, how long then?” asked the student. “Thirty years,” replied the…

Summary 7/3/15 Pg. 1-11 The narrator, Eliezer,a boy living in Sighet, a town inside of Transylvania, he was only 12 years old.Elie was the only son in his jewish family of four that had strict morals to the Jewish traditions and laws. In the family there were his father, mother, and his three young sisters named Hilda, Bea, and Tzipora. Elie interest was in studying the Jewish oral law, Talmud, Kabbalah, and also Jewish mystical texts. Important Quote: “He rarely displayed his feelings,…

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While it sounds cliché, my parents, brother, and I had become what are considered “once a year Jews”, Jews who only show up to synagogue for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement; while Christians can go a few days a week for a “spiritual tune up”, Jews are relegated to once a year day of repentance, a tour de penitence featuring all day fasting and a six hour morning service, with the infamous…

The 1920s was a time of political, social and economic change. It was an era of prosperity, however not long lasting as the Great Depression of 1929 loomed. Frivolity, fun and the flapper emerged as people discovered new ways to spend their newly found leisure time. The United States entered a time of good feeling and even the introduction of prohibition did not inhibit people from having a good time. America had become a consumer society due to newly found affluence and with this came mass…

Cohen and Wertheimer claim that the main issues contributing to the challenges of Jewish continuity are intermarriage, falling birthrates, and the differences between the Jewish denominations. According to the Pew survey, around 2,100,000 American people who are of a Jewish parent who has intermarried do not identify as Jewish. Another issue is the falling birthrates. A major component of this is the fact that any people are “coupling off” during or after prime childbearing years. For…

Language:- The book Night written by Elie Wiesel, is about his and his father’s personal experience in Second World War around 1944 – 1945. The location of the book is set at Nazi German concentration camp at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. In this short novel of about 100 words Wiesel basically tells about the inhumanity, cruel and torturous behaviour of Nazi Germans towards Jewish people. The writing is personal, and is in first person. In the whole book, author keeps on relating the…

There are various explanations for why humans turn to religion; these include revelation as an origin, the natural knowledge-of-god, anthropological and psychological explanations. These explanations look to where the concept of religion originated. Why do people believe in a higher being and why do individuals act according to the values and practices related to their beliefs? These theories and explanations look to find the reasoning. Revelation as origin is the idea that religion originated…

Western Powers have been known to exert their authority amongst each continent of the world. The Middle East is not exempt from such, and has a history involving America, Britain, France and Russia. In order to assess the influence of these powers, the following essay will analyse how they shaped Middle Eastern politics from the eventful years of 1914 until 1990. This will be done by looking at the continuities and the discontinuities in Western policies towards the Middle East, starting from…