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    clan did for them. From all around the world, across the sea, the Jews kept them from malnutrition and naked chills. It wasn’t until 1998 that the secret of the Bilecki kindness was unveiled. Not only did they get the recognition they deserve, the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous had planned an infinitesimal surprise. Waiting, as the sounds of aircrafts roared, stood five of the survivors the Bilecki family had guided to asylum. The vulnerability of the raw moment was exposed as they shared their

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    Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth tells the story of a perverse “mama’s boy” Jewish bachelor, who confesses to his psychoanalyst all of his complaints and struggles. Topics mentioned in the book include the experiences of assimilated American Jews, the relationship between American Jews and Jews of Israel, and the characteristics of being part of a Jewish family. Portnoy’s Complaint fits right in within Jewish comedy traditions, especially within the time period of its debut. Roth’s novel reads

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    Council of Jewish Women has a wide history from the 1890s all the way through 2010. In 1893, Hannah G. Solomon of Chicago was asked to organize the participation of Jewish women in the Chicago World’s Fair. Hannah and her recruits discovered that they would pouring coffee and doing other hostess duties, they decided to walk out and take matters into their own hands. At the end of the World Fair, Hannah and the accompanying delegate body of women founded the National Council of Jewish Women, changing

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    Jewish Groups 1 In Jesus’ time, there were many religious and social groups who opposed His teachings. When we read these types of confrontations with Jesus we automatically envision these groups as evil people when in reality they weren’t at all. In this report, we will study and analyze the main religious groups that were present during Jesus’ era and why they might have disagreed with Him. 2 The Pharisees were one group of people that had difficulties and problems with Jesus’ teachings. The

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    Alicia Ramos-González in her work Daughters of Tradition discuss, in great detail, the cultural world of Jewish women in Eastern Europe during the 16th-19th century. I believe that culture takes root in ones’ identity not only as an individual, but also in ones’ identity with their people and nation. Based on this belief, I have chosen to focus my explorations on the patterns found in the bases of Jewish identity among the women in Yiddish culture during this time. Despite the negative impacts towards

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    Masada derives from the Hebrew word mezuda, meaning fortress or stronghold. Currently, it represents one of the Jewish people 's greatest symbols of intransigence. In the name of tradition, some inductees to the Israeli Defense Forces take their oath of loyalty to the Jewish state on top or at the Western Wall of Masada, as remnant of the sacred Temple in Jerusalem; The oath ends with "Masada shall not fall again."1 Next to Jerusalem, it is the most popular destination of tourists visiting Israel

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    Jewish Culture and Jewish Americans

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    Jewish Culture Paper “When I was a little girl my family moved to Tallahassee, Florida. We were the only Jewish family in the neighborhood. So as most kids do when they move to a new neighborhood, they tend to try and make new friends. I remember going over to one of my new friend’s house and her mother felt my scalp for horns” Julianne Jacques MCC-Penn Valley Counselor. Jewish Americans learn from a young age about the importance of knowing their history. Knowing the history is for the sake

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    Orthodox Jewish Population Why I choose the Jewish culture as my topic The topic I choose for my topic was the Orthodox Jewish population. I choose this topic for the reason that, I really do not know that much about the Jewish culture. With that being said I am interested in knowing how they deal with a crisis, or what their belief system is when it comes to seeking help outside of their community. My objective is to identify the barriers, institutional and personal, that must be overcome before

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    Jewish Culture

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    and 1970s, as a new generation of Jews rose through the ranks, what it mean to be Jewish became even more muddied. The War had been over for years, (visible) anti-semitism was on the decline, and Jewish life was undergoing a radical shift. Previously, Jews had to focus on acculturation; now, Jews were part of American culture. Jewish comedians spoke to the American culture at large and many preferred to avoid the Jewish label — they were Americans who happened to be Jews. At the same time, there were

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    Jewish Marriage

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    foundation of the Christian faith, he himself was not a Christian by any means. Jesus sought to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament through his teachings and actions. The Jewish take marriage very seriously. They see as the discovery of soulmates and an interconnection between husband, wife, and God. The Jewish beliefs in marriage stem mostly from one of the five books within the Torah called the Book of Bereishit, also known as the Book of Genesis. This is the book of creation explaining

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