Jewish American Literatue

In Arlie Russell Hochschild’s, “Love and Gold,” she depicts the economic influences that turn choices of mothers in Third World countries into a precondition. Similarly, in Toni Morrison’s, Sula, a recurring theme of the struggle between independence, the ability to choose, and doing what’s best for others, or coerced decisions, is imminent throughout the entire novel and revolved around the main character, Sula. Often times the factor that weighs down choice is responsibility. Choices are seemingly infinite until you factor in what choices will affect which people and why. Both mothers and caregivers have to put their dependent before themselves, therefore limiting their

The food of the United States reflects the country’s history through its strong cultural influences. The colonization of the United States caused the introduction of many meals and cooking styles to the regions in America (Hanson). These styles have continued to expand into the 19th and 20th centuries because of the continuous amounts of immigrants that have come to the United States from various countries. American cuisine has always been changing, absorbing all of the new influences from other cultures as all of the new immigrants arrived, married and fused their traditions (Carter). There is a wide variety of foods available in the United States that is influenced by the English, Native American, Dutch, Italian, German, Asian, and Irish

The controversy of a man and woman’s place in a family has been argued over many centuries. Gender has always played a major roll in society and will continue to do so for as long as we live. Men are portrayed as the laborer and provider of the family, and the woman is looked at as the nurturer and comforter. This can be true but it does not mean a man can not nurture and comfort and a woman can not provide and partake in labor. Throughout the poems, “My Father’s Garden” and “Those Winter Sundays” the authors argue that Father’s nurture their children by making sacrifices.

The idea of Israel as a place of refuge for Soviet Jews has a troubled history. Israel has always encouraged and assisted immigration and absorption as part of a pro-immigration ideology and policy. Israel is a safe-haven for Jews. However, the heavy migration of the Soviet Jews into Israel caused Israelis to rethink their past . The immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel brought significant social and cultural changes to Israel in terms of the historical question about the nature of Jewish identity, as well as put Judaism itself into question. The question, “who is a Jew?” formed the basis of historical claims about the religious nature of legal Jewish identity. The Soviet Jews faced cultural displacement

“The spiritual perspective of the Israelites evolved over time” (Spielvogel 35). Without being held captive in Babylon, it is hard to say if the same change in perspective would have been observed. Originally, the Jewish faith was a polytheistic religion. They believed that there were many gods, “including nature spirits dwelling in trees and rocks” (Spielvogel 35). It was while the Jews were being held captive that their point of view switched and that they now believed that there was one god that they were to answer to. This change also paved the way to lots of changes in how followers interacted with God. There was now an importance of having a personal relationship with God.

For this assignment, I decided to focus on the country of Israel. Although I am Jewish, I do not know that much about the culture of Israel and those who live or have lived there. Luckily, some of my family has come over to the US from Israel, so it was easy for me to think of someone to interview. Michal Atkins is my first cousin once removed by marriage and currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

The bond between a mother and child is often spoken of as being unlike any other. Yet there are always exceptions to the rule where this connection isn 't as impenetrable as one might assume. This book is an example of this bond gradually becoming weaker over time. It shows how it affects the child, Bone, and leaves her vulnerable to the abuse of her step-father. Bone’s mother, Anney, had fallen in love with a man who abused her which at first, she’s unaware but eventually comes to realize but still chooses to stay with him. Throughout the book there are instances of Anney’s negligence in recognizing her daughter’s abuse and being of aid to her but wasn 't. In having to deal with her

The local culture that is most prominent in my life is Judaism because I share similar location and practices with other Jews in the area. Despite being a part of the Jewish local culture, I’m not very spiritual, instead I identify as being culturally Jewish. This means that I’m not connected to judaism through my faith but instead through customs or consistently followed practices as well as material culture or the artifacts created by my culture. As a result of this one of my favorite aspects of judaism is Shabbat dinner.

Duty means a moral or legal obligation to perform an act or task. Without the obligatory feeling, there is no sense of duty. For example, many men and women feel they are completing a duty owed to their country by joining the armed forces. They feel the responsibility to enlist because of moral or philosophical reasons. For them, enlisting fulfills this feeling of duty. However, if someone enlists solely to help pay for college, they are not accomplishing a duty of theirs, since they do not feel the obligatory

1.1 Paganism. Believed in multiple Gods. They had many temples with an image of their deity inside which were viewed as the dwelling place of the deity. Sacrifice could be done anywhere and was more of a means to get a return from the gods. The priesthood was simply an honorary role and piety had to do with religious

Jewish History Ever since the Jews were driven from their homeland (now known as Israel) they have faced discrimination and prejudice, mainly due to their beliefs and culture. They spread throughout the world and in some countries they were welcomed and enjoyed periods of peace with their neighbors, however in Europe the population was mainly Christian and the Jews found themselves being branded as outsiders. The reason Jewish and Christian populations couldn’t get along was due to different religious beliefs and for many years the Church taught of how it believed the Jews had killed Jesus, however in modern times this view has been discredited by many historians.

However, the author elaborately narrates the anguish of women about their appropriate roles in the post-war period via religious and societal approaches. Although the religion embraces the mother’s abandonment of family, the author proposes a decent woman by borrowing the perspectives of the two boys and also by proposing the adverse character, Granny, who is submissive and cares her family.

The Jewish people believe that society is currently living in the end of one of four time periods that pertain to the fulfillment of the end time prophecy. This time period is considered the Pre-Messianic period, meaning the Messiah has yet to come. In this period, God will bring about redemption in His own time. The Jews believe that if all of Israel were to return to God, the Messiah would come and the final redemption would be immediate. According to the Biblical text, there are many prophecies that must come to past before redemption occurs. A few of these prophetic signs concerning Israel have already been fulfilled. For instance, the dispersion and regathering of the Jews was prophesied and has since occurred. The Bible accounts for two separate gatherings of the Jews in the land of Israel. The first is to be a gathering in disbelief; this prophecy was fulfilled when the state of Israel was created in 1948. During this time the Jewish people will despise the values of their religion in the generations preceding the Messiah. The government will remain godless and immoral. Neither parents nor elders will be respected and families will turn against one another. The second gathering is yet to come, but will be one in which the Jews regather in belief for redemption and is in conjunction with the coming of the Messiah. More signs of the pre-Messianic Era include: a population explosion, times of great suffering will occur, the Holy Temple will be rebuilt, the war of Gog

The city of Jerusalem has a significant number of religious traditions, like the Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which consider Jerusalem as a holy city. Because some of the most sacred places of those religions are found in Jerusalem and the one shared between all three is history, tradition and memory evoke in the art and architecture of the city. Jewish culture is well evoked in each part of the tradition, belief and art in an aesthetic ways in regular life. Jerusalem is where we can really notice the Jewish religion, history, tradition and memory are evoked in the art and architecture. Example, on the Dura Europos Synagogue Frescos, (Figure 1.) there is a clear representation of the narrative of Jewish religion. For

In “Customs of the Country,” Maison Smart Bell exposes readers to the lower stratum of southern society, choosing as his narrator a woman of limited financial means who has been caught up in a life of petty crime and drug abuse. By creating such a narrator, Bell gives readers new insight into a universal commonplace in American society, a mother’s love for her child. Despite her hard life, the narrator is able to evoke sympathy from readers who can see that she is struggling to re-establish a relationship with a child whom she had lost through her own abusive behavior toward him. The narrator’s description of her time with her son is a poignant reminder of the way the maternal instinct drives women to make significant sacrifices for their children.