a string of brutal attacks committed by ISIS against Christian and other minorities. Yet the administration has still not called this what it is: A genocide (Ryan). As a Christian‚ the methods of ISIS strike fear to me; they have taken over holy synagogue across the Middle East. Hearing about ISIS has opened my eyes‚ showing me truly how blessed and ungrateful I am as an American citizen. I can live freely with my life‚ not threatened by my faith. This allows me to face ISIS while being protected
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Although the law was ultimately made to oppress the religious minorities of the Iberian Peninsula‚ it still gave these minorities protection. These protections included how Christians were not allowed to vandalize synagogues‚ put an animal in a synagogue‚ or loiter or hinder the synagogue in any way. Although Christians were actively against other religions in the Reconquista‚ they still had respect for other religions even if they were different. If someone were to
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Cleveland but I could not get into any of them so I applied to Ohio state. I Got into Ohio State I got a my major in regionalism and now I’m a rabbi at one of the major synagogues in Cleveland . When I saw ht the garden i thought i could maybe grow some of my favorite fruit FIGS!!!! The next day I asked Sam‚someone I knew from my synagogue if I could add onto the garden because I would like to be the first one to grow figs. Sam said “yes you can but you can only grow one tree” Then I said “but I would
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as synagogue services which set an example and Jewish scholars like Moses Maimonides that consolidated Judaism in the face of dual threats. With their enriched lives Jewish adherents can spread their knowledge‚ righteous behaviour‚ peace of the community‚ philosophy and reverence of God. Synagogue services are a major part of Jewish adherents lives‚ which helps individuals express their faith in the world. A synagogue is a place of prayer‚ study and gathering for individuals. The synagogues are
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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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Jewish music has numerous classifications religious music‚ and society music utilized as a part of the synagogue and in the Jewish home. Today Jewish music incorporates a wide variety of musical traditions and Jewish melodies are in various of languages. On this paper‚ I will focus some of the songs of Jewish culture. And some of those kinds of music are Ashkenazi‚ Sephardic‚ Israeli‚ Synagogue‚ Suppressed‚ and western classical
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Entering the synagogue‚ you are immediately greeted by people. Large glass windows span the walls allowing light in. In the back of the room there are bookshelves filled with Siddurs‚ which is the book that has all of the Jewish prayers in it. A large stained glass wall stands in the middle of the room separating the men from the women. Dozens of rows of seats are lined up on each side. In the middle of the stained glass window there is a raised platform called the bima. The bima is where the Torah
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Community Through Art: Judaism and Christianity Back in the times when one couldn’t communicate their ideas through social media and technology‚ the way to portray one’s self‚ culture‚ and civilization was through art. The Jews and Christians were no stranger to this‚ and their artistic representations in history would begin to emerge in the Late Roman period‚ under the tyrannical rule of the Roman Empire. The Jews and the Christians used this medium to express what bound them as communities‚ what
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Judaism is not so much a religion‚ rather a way of life. To be a Jew means first and foremost to belong to a group‚ the Jewish people‚ and the religious beliefs are secondary‚ in a sense to this corporate allegiance. (de Lange‚ pg. 4) A person does not necessarily need to be religious in order to be a Jew‚ and because of this‚ there are many different ways a Jew may formulate their Jewish identity. Religion is a major ingredient of Judaism. By observing Jewish religious holidays‚ studying
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created many of their institutions. A few of these institutions included: Congregation Ahavath Achim (1887) then followed by Shearith Israel (1902)‚ next was Anshi S’fard (1913)‚ and last but not least was Congregation Or VeShalom (1914)‚ a Sephardic synagogue. The Jewish community grew with the city of Atlanta. After 1885 many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe moved to Atlanta. Finding their religious practices and social customs different from those of Atlanta’s German Jewish community. Most of the
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