The tip of קר iceberg
I am Jewish. None of my best friends are, so I stand out. People say “are you Hannukan?” Or “are you a seder?” They know nothing about being Jewish. They will never know the joy of flipping latkes, or eating gelt while playing dreidel, or how good it feels to do Tikkun Olam. They don’t know what is under the top of the iceberg, because why would someone of some other place want to dive under there in the first place? They have their own iceberg that they will constantly slip on anyway, so why should they dive under ours? They don’t know, it feels like they will never know what it is like to be Jewish.
They will never know how community joins us together, how every temple is a place of kindness and friendship, and how under the stereotypes and hate and imitation, everyone is a kind person who embraces each other in times of need and tries to spread happiness throughout the world despite how others act. That is our goal, to make the world a better place. We are content with that. We are like one big happy family, no matter how much we understand and are devoted to judaism. My pop is serious about judaism. My dad is indifferent. My sister and I are learning, and one day we will embrace our jewish heritage and become even more tied to the land of Israel, like every jew. But they don’t know that. They will never know that.
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Why is there such a hate for a people trying to eradicate it? People will go hysterical and try to stop us and change us and rid the world of judaism. Even though they are ferocious like a tiger and hateful, we keep on going. But they won’t know that. They will never know
In addition to the harsh feelings shown toward the Jews by the non-Jewish community, this film shows the cold relationship between the different groups of Jews.
The City Council of Boomtown, a fictitious city, wants to expand their current borders and is considering building new houses and apartments on one of three locations: Green Hill, Delta Wetlands, or Seaside Cliff. Though each of the landforms have differing advantages and disadvantages, the cliff would be the best place to build. It is located along the East Bay, north of the Rolling River. Seaside Cliff has the most stable land and the easiest solutions to its problems. It is also the least flood-prone and damaging to the environment. The most logical location to build in Boomtown is Seaside Cliff for several reasons.
o Some people may say, “A Jew is a Jew and there’s no getting around that.”
I chose to write about Jewish-Americans after my mother, who was raised Christian, chose to identify herself as Jewish. In my reading I examined Jewish culture and how it is in American society. I looked at how Jewish-American culture has become a prominent component of American society. I looked at the historical forces that have shaped Jewish-American experience in the United States. I looked at demographics of where most Jewish-Americans live. I examined how Jewish-Americans have contributed to our culturally pluralistic society in the United States.
As Sartre explains, "the Jew whom the anti-Semite wishes to lay hands upon is not a schematic being defined solely by his function, as under administrative law; or by status or acts, as under the Code. He is a Jew, the son of a Jew, recognizable by his physique, by the colour of his hair, by his clothing perhaps, and, so they say, by his character." To the anti-Semite, the Jew's character is oily, tactless, intriguing, selfish and greedy. He believes that all Jews are this way, and therefore treats them all the same, with hatred and repulsion. While a Jew might be a successful business man, a doctor, lawyer, or teacher etc. he is also a Jew, and that is all he is recognized for in the eyes of the anti-Semite.Furthermore, Sartre argues that "if the Jew did not exist, the Anti-Semite would invent him." This is self explanatory by the fact that Jews have been used as scapegoats and will continuously be used as such in the future.
Everyone is different and that is what makes the world a wonderful place, at least one would think. But 1944 and 1945 German folks called Nazis discriminated against anyone that was different from them. Nazi soldiers made people feel less o f a person, all because they believed in different faiths. In the story The Night written by Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor he tells of the dehumanizing ways of the Nazi soldiers and how they made Jews feel less of a person day by day. Jewish people were at the very top for being different; they were hated by the Nazis. It was believed that everything bad that ever happened were the Jews fault. They went through unfair treatment just because of their religion.
Have you ever felt stuck? Wherever you are, it’s the absolute last place you want to be. In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless feels stuck just like the average everyday person may feel. Chris finds his escape plan to the situation and feels he will free himself by going off to the wild. I agree with the author that Chris McCandless wasn’t a crazy person, a sociopath, or an outcast because he got along with many people very well, but he did seem somewhat incompetent, even though he survived for quite some time.
...red through taking your class how little I knew about my own religion. I learned how the Jews were force to scatter because they did not have a home. I also learned that though the Jews were persecuted over years Judaism survived today because of the shard beliefs, and spirit of God.
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The epic poem, Beowulf, a work of fiction, offers more insight into Ancient Anglo-Saxon English culture than the work of Bede, who wrote, A History of the English Church and People. The epic poem Beowulf gives an enhanced illustration and clearer understanding of the culture of the Ancient Anglo-Saxon’s. The epic poem gives the audience a picture of what the Ancient Anglo-Saxon English valued; seafaring, warriors, heroes, and paganism.
For centuries, the world we live in has been filled with hatred towards different, race, ethnicity, religion and cultural differences. A very good example of this is Antisemitism, which is the hatred of the Jewish faith. This is believed to have started in Europe around the Middle Ages time frame. This intensified in Germany after World War 1 (1914-1918) where majority of Jewish minorities lived. Hitler who was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi for short) hated the Jews and held them responsible for the humiliating loss of WW1 and wanted to get rid and eliminate the Jewish population in the Nazi controlled lands.
For more than two thousand years anti-Semitism has plagued the Jews, however, the term has only been around for about thirty years (Strack 594). Due to the hateful accusations and of those who did not understand their religion, Jews, as a scorned people, gradually became more exclusive and intolerant of other religions. Because of Judaism’s strict adherence to their own beliefs and unwillingness to consider any alternatives, Muslims and Christians have scorned and persecuted Jews.
Judaism, the religion of the Israelites, and some modern day Jews is a cause for some of the Anti Semitic ideas. Biblically, the idea of monotheism was not really accepted and the Jews were clearly different in believing in one God. Not to mention they believe Yahweh or Jehovah is the one true God. The Egyptians didn’t like this. The Greeks didn’t and the Romans didn’t. I mean the Romans thought they were heretics and tried to make them change their beliefs. However they didn’t. This shows their strength and why people might hate or fear them.
Every person has wondered about something - whether it be a person, place, thing, law, or anything that someone can think about. They ask questions both rhetorical and actual to themselves, and usually make it a mission to answer these questions. Some of the biggest questions have something to do with culture and religion. One of the most major questions of all time - to what extent does an individual have control over the outcome of his or her life? There are many different opinions on this topic.
Hate is on-going. It seems to find its way into a person’s body. Then it is used to create uneasy situations. This is exactly what has been going on with the Jewish people since the beginning of their creation. Slaves in Egypt, Slaves to the Nazi’s, Slaves to hate. They get no break. Many think that the only huge discrimination act against Jews happened years ago, when World War 2 came to an end, but this isn’t true. From the early time of civilization to now, even the future, the Jews have to deal with being bullied and hated in the world.