Eric Blair‚ who used the pen name George Orwell‚ wrote the book Animal Farm. This novel is a political book where Orwell criticizes Stalinism. Stalinism is Joseph Stalin’s concept of communism‚ which he used to rule the USSR. Joseph Stalin was a dictator for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ also known as USSR‚ from 1929 to 1953. When Stalin dictated the Soviet Union‚ he transformed the Soviet Union into an industrial and military superpower. He used terror to rule over his people and caused
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The appalling realities of war can break even the most powerful of a man’s convictions. During World War II‚ the Holocaust reduced even the strongest of men to struggle for the bare necessities of survival. Elie Wiesel‚ a victim of these horrifying acts‚ persisted through the death and suffering but did not leave unscathed. In his novel Night‚ Wiesel recounts the moving journey of a Jewish boy having his faith challenged by an almost unimaginable horror. Throughout the story‚ Wiesel’s passionate
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Kurdistan is a region containing the countries Iraq‚ Iran‚ and Turkey. (Encyclopedia Judaica). Zakho is in Northern Iraq‚ directly south of the Turkish border. (Saban‚ 9). 2. How did Jews arrive in Kurdistan and Zakho? Kurdish Jews descend from the 10 tribes exiled from Israel by Assyrian rulers. More specifically‚ they descend from the tribes of Dan and Naphtali. The Tanach mentions Jewish exile to Habor‚ Medes‚ and other towns along the Gozan River‚ now found in modern Kurdistan. King Tiglath-Pileser
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Eliezer thinks that God is not real because if he was real than he could have saved them from the Nazis. Eliezer saw imaginable things in the concentration camp that no one should ever see. At First‚ Elie wanted to learned more about the Lord and Kabbalah. Eliezer grew up in a very Jewish religious household‚ but he does not think God is real once at the concentration camps. Horrible things happened. In the end‚ the fire did signify that he had not lost his faith. When Eliezer was growing up
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Holocaust cut half of Jewish population. Judah meaning descent of Jews. Jews don’t eat pork. Dress modestly just like Islam. Sephardic: Spain‚ Palestine and North Africa Ashkenazi: Eastern Europe and Russia Jewish Theology: Torah: Word of God. Monotheist: Belief in one God. Shema: Prayer‚ pray to One God. Orthopraxy & Orthodoxy: Ortho = Correct‚ right. Praxy = Practice. Doxy = Thought or belief/opinion. Tanakh: The whole of Hebrew bible. Exodus: Deliverance of Israelites from Egypt
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them immediately‚ some gradually‚ forgot about their religion and beliefs and focused on fighting others for their portions of food. Before the Holocaust Elie was very religious. His main goal in life had been to further advance in his studies of Kabbalah. For instance‚ “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”(Night 6). It was as if he couldn’t even imagine his life without praying. Hunger and devastation wiped his memory of his religion. He couldn’t comprehend that God
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When asked why he prays to God‚ Elie thinks to himself‚ "Why do I pray? Why do I live? Why do I breathe?"(p2) To Elie‚ praying was a natural part of life. Although it went against his father’s wishes‚ Elie spent most of his time studying the Kabbalah with his mentor‚ Moshe. In a demonstration of his commitment to Judaism‚ Elie writes‚ "We would read together‚ ten times over‚ the same page of the Zohar. Not to learn it by heart‚ but to extract the divine essence from it." (p3) As opposed
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Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and it marks the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance‚ which concludes in Yom Kippur. During the Ten Days of Repentance‚ Jews reflect on their actions during the past year and seek forgiveness from those they may have wronged. Rosh Hashanah is characterized by the blowing of a ram’s horn (shofar) and it is customary to eat apples and honey on these days as a symbol of a wish for a sweet new year. Traditionally observant Jews do not work‚ attend
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Celeste Green III English Ms. Tinnon 3/13/13 Reincarnation Everyone is a traveler from eternity to eternity‚ learning the way of wisdom as they come and go; learning at last that all life is the expression of life‚ evolving from lower forms to higher; that birth and death are phases of the ceaseless law of change widely known as reincarnation. The concept of past lives goes back to the times of ancient Egypt‚ India‚ Rome‚ and Greece. The Greek philosophers Pythagoras‚ Plato‚ Virgil‚ Ovid‚ Socrates
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Shabbat is the seventh day of the week‚ a day where Jews rest and dedicate their time to worship God. This paper is going to talk about the Sephardic Shabbat Service customs in Israel. I am going to explore the unique customs‚ prayers‚ poems and hymns of the Sephardim. Sephardim have contributed to the poetic and musical dimension of Shabbat‚ for this reason most of their prayers are structured to be hymns and poems. These poems have contributed to the education of Jews. They enhanced Shabbat observance
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