Synagogue

Different from the service at Catholic Church where most prayers were led by the pastors, the service at the synagogue engaged people from all age group getting on the stage and read the Torah. It was truly impressive that two boys were able to handle Hebrew and chant the Torah. During the services, more than ten persons had got on the stage and led the prayer or

days, plus holy days. Each religion has holy days or days of special worship and each location holds the service for them. In addition to the service they hold, they provide a space for the religious leader to speak and teach to the congregation. Synagogues, churches, and mosques allow for the leader of the religion to provide teachings, understandings, and clarity to the religious text they all they study. And, while in service during their worship, each religion has a sacred scripture or text they

practices such as synagogue services. The ‘law’ and the ‘love of God’ also had a role in guiding the life of Moses Maimonides, 13th century Jewish scholar and Jewish adherent. The connection between the concepts urged Maimonides to bring forth the connection to his text the ‘Safer Ha Maor’ or ‘Commentary on the ‘Mishnah’ which

given to me or word of mouth. Soon as I entered the door I was greeted as a visitor. I told the young men I was here for an assignment for class. I explained the assignment to him and he was so gracious about it. He explained what to expect in the synagogue. He took a few minutes to show me the prayer shawl that they Jewish wear are called tallit. Like Mr. Coker explained in the PowerPoint. The Tallit can be worn by men and women. But the men has to wear the Kippah while in the temple. Wearing the Kippa

The Holocaust is a destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or a nuclear war. The Holocaust was terrible when it occurred. The Holocaust occurred during 1941- 1945 after world war 2. The Holocaust is basically killing or torturing people that were innocent. Researchers said that more than six million European, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexual, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz. The Holocaust had ruined the

shattering of windows of Jewish businesses by the instructions of Heydrich. Many aspects of Jewish lives were tested on Kristallnacht.     One of many aspects tested was Jewish people’s emotional well-being. Jews must have been devastated that their synagogues were burned along with their apartments and businesses destroyed. Having to clean up the glass of your own business would be dispiriting (“Man Cleaning Glass”). All of these things would affect Jew’s well-being.     Not only their emotional well-being

Congregation Keneseth Israel published a short volume to commemorate its 150th anniversary. The book noted: “With Keneseth Israel’s long and significant role in the history of Jewish life in Philadelphia, it is little wonder the synagogue houses one of the most extensive synagogue archives in existence.” The Archives was founded in 1974 at the suggestion of Rabbi Bertram W. Korn, who was a significant historian of American Jewish history, as well as the senior rabbi at KI, and a Real Admiral in the

HELLENIZATION, SYNAGOGUES, AND JEWISH SECTS Hellenization was the infliction of Roman culture and language over the conquered areas that became part of the Roman empire. This is exactly what was done to Jewish culture when conquered. The Jewish culture was affected in different areas, some being the organization of Israel’s governing constitution, determination of law of the land, molding of education and fashion. The eagerness of some sects, formed due to Hellenization, to preserver the distinctive

Jews but also to Gentiles who were Jewish in their identity. Reading from this perspective, it emphasizes the healing as the important starting point of the story. As we have learned, this pericope is a story of disagreement between Jesus and the synagogue leader; at its principal is a healing that proves Jesus' power and compassion. We can feel the kindhearted tone in Jesus' defense for healing on the Sabbath when he argues from lesser to greater: if you show one’s animals consideration on the Sabbath

culture, however it remains committed to the observance of Jewish law and ceremony” (Nadell and Melton 781). Although Conservative Judaism is prosperous, it has not always been easy for the Conservative Jewish community. When I visited the Beth Israel synagogue, I became curious about the tradition of Conservative Judaism and decided that I wanted to learn more through research. The movement of Conservative Judaism began in Germany, during the nineteenth century, by a rabbi named, Zechariah Frankel (Geffen