Who is a Jew?

while hiding but there were also many problems for both Jews in hiding as well as those who hid them. Many Jews were saved during the Holocaust because of non-Jews willing to risk their lives but Jew and non-Jews had many problems they faced during and after the war. The decision of going into hiding or sending their children into hiding was a very hard decision and it was very hard to find somewhere to hide. It was very hard to go into hiding because the Jews had identity cards and black J on their clothes. Children under age six did not this identity card so it was easier for younger children to go into hiding. Another problem was that for children who went into hiding their hiders would ask money for their time and extra supplies they would need,which many families couldn't afford. Most of the time parents decided not to go into hiding at all so they could stay together even with the threat of…

you don 't have any Jews!" (PBS, Broadway Musicals). If you can look past the sweeping generalization, Sir Robin’s surprising lyric turns out to be very true about musicals. Historians have recognized that Jewish immigrant culture heavily influenced the content of musical theatre when it was popularized in America during the early twentieth century. But in turn, it was the sociopolitical and racial climate of the 20th century that inspired the creative and thematic content of Jewish productions…

dowdy, a social butterfly, proudly Jewish, more English than a vicar’s daughter, forever falling in love with men or only interested in women.” (1) These contradictions helped Vera in her career. As a spy in World War II, she had to be mysterious and unidentifiable, even to the people she worked closely with. She had many secrets, and for a long time her and her agents’ existence wasn’t even known, and it was only recently when her information was released that she was rewarded for what she did.…

understanding one’s own culture identities helps one to communicate with people and accept cultures different from their own, despite color; knowing one’s culture allows an individual to know who they are and where they come from and gives…

The portrayal of sorrow in ‘’The Last Night’’ and ‘’Refugee Blues’’ varies between each piece. In Refugee Blues it describes how the Jewish were treated and rejected even when they are in times of hardship. Similarly the Last Night also focuses on the innocence of the Jews; it portrays the Jewish people in their last glimpse of freedom before they reach the concentration camps, and compels the dehumanisation of the children as well as the adults. The portrayal of rejection and how they were…

will be the first time I will attend a secular school. On the eve of this departure, then, I ask myself, who am I? What kind of Jew am I right now, at this point in time? Where do I see myself in five years? Truthfully, there is an ongoing conflict in my mind between my secular self and my spiritual Judaic self. It is not that I feel I must prioritize one over the other; rather, I find myself asking how these two spheres in my life can conjoin. The last twelve years have been a journey,…

Although there were people other than the Germans who refused to help the Jews during the Holocaust, the Nazis and Germans were more responsible for their deaths. The Germans were actually responsible for the capturing, tormenting, and killing of the Jews while other countries refused to save the Jews from the concentration camps. Leaders of countries who knew about the German’s treatment of the Jews who refused to help were not as responsible of the deaths of Jews because they weren’t the ones…

Christians and Jews have a long history of quarrel that today has yet to be fully resolved. Martin Luther was merely a part of the ongoing quarrel between the two religious affiliations. Considering Luther was such a huge figure in the reformation, his words more than many, have carried on with great attention to this day. Luther’s messages have been well preserved. To this day along with his good messages the controversial messages prevail as well. One topic among Luther’s controversial…

The definition of a hero is a person who stands in front to save others even by risking their lives. Also, a hero never ignores people who are in trouble, and they always endeavor to save others without discriminating. Therefore, Oskar Schindler is not a hero. Schindler is not a hero because he used Jews as labors for his company’s production like slaves, he already knew about the massacre of Jews by the Nazi Party, but he only looked on it, and he used the money only for his own use which was…

Sephardic Jews are Jews who are from Middle Eastern countries, including Spain, Portugal, North Africa, Syria and more. They are now spread out all over the world, and this is because of the Spanish expulsion inquisition, when all Jews were expelled from Spain. The Jews in Spain experienced a normal life, up until the increase of Anti - Semitism which led to the Expulsion and the Inquisition. The word Sephardic comes from the word Sephrad, which means Spain in Spanish. Sephardic Jews are…