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The Jews During The Time Of The Holocaust

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Who are the Jews and how did they manage to survive during the time of the Holocaust? This is a question that is often brought up among people and can be answered with help of those who survived and those who worked in helping save the Jews. The Jews are simply people who have their own religious beliefs and practices just like any other religious group. (www.remember.org “Who are the Jews”) The religious and cultural aspects of the Jews was often looked upon as elaborate and sophisticated to those who viewed it from the outside such as the Christians. (Kagan, Ozment, Turner 271) The Jews practices include dietary laws, the Jewish calendar, sabbath and festival observance , ritual clothing, and life cycle events. The Jews may not eat certain foods or foods that does not have the blood removed. In order to set dates, the Jews use both lunar and solar calendars. The Jewish people celebrate many different holidays and festivals that have their own rituals to go along with them. For example, “Rosh Hashanah” or the new year is celebrated and Jews do not attend school or do work on that day. The Jews also have different ways of dressing for occasions. During prayer, a male must wear a skull cap that covers the head, phylacteries which are Torah passages written on parchment with leather straps and are usually worn on the forehead and left arm, and fringed shawls are also worn. Every Jew must also go through certain life cycles. Every male will be circumcised on the eighth day

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