Sarah: This bima holds many l memories for me. 30 years ago I was up here with my family having my bat mitzvah. I have many wonderful memories of that event. My father falling asleep during the Friday night service in the front row. My grandfather‚ your papa‚. always an opinionated guy‚ not sure if he could come up to the bima and say the torah blessing because he did not believe in god‚ but letting me know he was proud of me in his own way. And Rabbi Axelrod‚ a wonderful warm man‚ welcoming
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The Survival of Judaism Judaism is one of the oldest major world religions. It has managed to maintain itself over the course of over 3‚000 years. It has faced many hardships including persecution and the Holocaust. How is Judaism still relevant today after so many years? Many people use Judaism for stability in maintaining the order in their life. Also‚ Jewish people who share their faith from generation to generation keep the faith going. Finally‚ faithful and devoted Jews keep the faith alive
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A woman of true never-ending competent loyalty through honor and selfless devotion The Book of Ruth When girls of the Jewish Faith turn 12 years of age they are able to undertake in their own Bat mitzvah in which they are then recognised as an adult‚ more formally a daughter of the commandment. Commencing in this ceremony girls‚ now classed as women become morally and ethically responsible for their decisions and actions. During this momentous occurrence in a girl’s life she reads a passage
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Just how large is the secular nature of Esther and how much does it reflect our lives today? The Jews in Megillat Esther are non-religious yet manage to prevail‚ which makes the book both distinctly unique for the bible and allows it to become one of the most applicable to life as a Conservative Jew in America today. One of the most interesting aspects of Megillat Esther is the completely secular nature of its characters. This can be seen immediately as the entire first chapter of the book
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In its infancy‚ American Judaism centered one main question: how should it be defined? In his writings‚ Rabbi Kaufman Kohler expressed in his vision for American Jewry. The time period that his writings relate to is 1881 to 1924‚ when about two million Eastern European Jews migrated to the United States. This occurs right after about 250‚000 German Jews migrated to the U.S. during 1820 to 1880. Since the German Jews and the Eastern European Jews migrated to the U.S. during different times‚ different
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Moses Maimonides (Rambam) is considered to be one of the most influential personalities in Judaism and that is due to his many contributions to the Jewish faith which include the publication of some texts such as The Guide for the Perplexed‚ the commentary on the Mishnah and the Mishneh Torah. These texts impacted Jewish adherents as they assisted them in understanding their faith further‚ thus they were able to practice it in an era where Judaism was threatened by another dominant synoptic religion
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It is estimated that out of the world population of nearly 7.4 billion people‚ only 13.5 million of those people are Jewish (“Judaism 101: Jewish Population”). That’s only 0.2% of the population‚ which effectively puts Judaism in place as one of the smallest religious groups in the world. Due to them being a much smaller fish in a very large ocean‚ often times it is hard for Jews to be able to maintain their religious beliefs. It is especially difficult to maintain when modern principles that conflict
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Moses Maimonides is one of the most well known jewish philosophers of the middle ages. His writings and arguments on jewish law‚ specifically the talmud have influenced many of his successors. His writings mostly focus on God and the topics surrounding it. In this essay I will present Maimonides discussion of God and God’s essence as one without plurality in The Guide of the Perplexed. This essay will mainly focus on the arguments Maimonides makes regarding this view. First‚ I will discuss the historical
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How does the mitzvot affect the life of a Jew? The word ‘mitzvah’ means the divine commandment or rule from god‚ the purpose of these rules are to make life easier for people to live‚ make them purer and closer to god. These rules were made to insure people could become a better person and to make the world a better place to live in. The mitzvot are rules that God want us to do‚ all mitzvot are written down with in the torah‚ altogether they total to 613! There are many mitzvot some about: food‚
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Rosh Hashanah The Jewish holiday that I chose to talk about is Rosh Hashanah. After reading what this holiday is‚ I found it very interesting. There are over five different types of Jewish holidays that Jewish people celebrate. Every holiday has a different meaningful meaning that helps people out or brings joy to their life. Rosh Hashanah is new years for the Jewish community‚ it is the time that people think about their mistakes they did in the past and try not do it again in the future. This
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