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to build and sustain a strong Jewish community within Philadelphia and pave the way for future generations through extensive actions throughout the community. They built hundreds of Jewish schools, Community Centres, synagogues and established many congregations. They became strongly involved in the American society and paved the way for many of America’s moral codes (Telushkin). There are currently 275, 850 Jews in Philadelphia, making it one of the strongest Jewish communities in the United States

entitled, "Holocaust Survival Differentials in the Netherlands, 1942-1945: The Role of Wealth and Nationality" thoroughly entails the brutal persecution of roughly 140,000 Jews in the Netherlands during the Germans ' attempt to kill a majority of the Jewish population throughout Europe. Marnix Croes is a researcher at the Ministry of Justice in the Netherlands. He frequently writes about the genocide that took place back in the early 1940s. This article discusses how wealth and nationality played a

Thesis: Writers and poets of the post-Holocaust era have struggled through language to record their experiences. Despite the challenges, these authors are dependent on the limits of language and its reliance on metaphors in order to communicate the meaning they ultimately set out to convey. The daunting and complex process of detailing the past is done for the preservation of memory. The way in which past events are documented determines the way that future events are defined. Thus, encapsulating

The Jewish community is Kalisz, Poland, was heralded as both the oldest Jewish community and the most populous, numbering at 15,300 Jews in 1939, or 30% of the total Jewish population worldwide. As a result of the Second World War, this no community no longer exists (“Jewish Community”). The catastrophic affects of the Holocaust and this war on the Jewish community is virtually uncontested today, however the exact toll it had is difficult to ascertain; exact statistics of the camps and of the exoduses

This was due to the high volume of Jewish students who returned home from college for Thanksgiving break. The congregation welcomed be with open arms, as if I had been a part of the congregation since the beginning of my life. Social Location On my visit to Adas Israel, I felt safe and welcomed into the Jewish community, even though I am not Jewish myself. Although, being with my Jewish friend may have caused me to not stand

Zakhele Thwala Dr. Stigner REL 231 02 December 2015 MY Visit To A Jewish Synagogue The Washington, D.C. Jewish community Center, which is part of the Judaism faith, is located at DuPont Circle 1529, 16th Street, NW, Washington DC, 20036. On November 13, 2015, I visited the Shabbat Shalom service, which is usually held on Friday evening at 6.00 P.M. Personally, I am a Christian by religion, my active involvement in church activities started at the early age of 16 years and ever since my faith have

Continuing on the thought of education, April 1933 Jewish teachers were soon told to leave the German schools and universities after the Enabling Act was soon passed. The Jewish population of students at those universities dropped to the lowest 1 percent to resemble to the amount of Jews in Germany, and this was all in the same year. For 5 years everything lasted at that standard until 1938 hit. When 1938 hit, every Jewish child was soon banned from attending the German schools officially, no matter

appear. Up until now, Jewish people hadn’t established a foundation that provided them with security; there was no real place they could call “home.” Because they didn’t have a place that was their own, other nations around the world didn’t view them as a nation, they were seen as individuals. Around this time, anti-Semitism began to emerge, it was time for the Jewish people to come together as one and let go of their past and that desire drove them to a pivotal point in Jewish history. By analyzing

Conor Murphy Dr. Clasby HIST273 April 9, 2017 Argumentative Paper #3 Wengeroff’s life is an example of the Jewish experience of modernity in that it shows the way Jewish life throughout Europe has changed over time. Unlike her ancestors, Pauline Wengeroff is able to have an actual life that isn’t dominated by constantly living in fear and she is able to have some semblance of familiar ties and an identity. The modern period in Europe began around the 16th century. This was around the time

But with the Jewish religion they celebrate the holidays a little bit different than most people. With the Jewish cultural they celebrate Shabbat, Passover, You Kippur, Sukkot, and Hanukkah. The Shabbat is considered the most important of all Jewish holidays. It is the day of rest and weekly observance of God 's completion of creation. Shabbat starts on a Friday night an hour before sunset, it lasts for 25 hours until sunset on Saturday night. This holiday is one of the way the Jewish people connect