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Judaism
Judaism Judaism Judaism is intrinsically open to history. It looks forward to a future event - the messianic redemption - that will dwarf the importance of Exodus. This paper will discuss the important holidays of the Jewish year and a look into the Holocaust from a Jewish standpoint. I talked to a friend of mine, Josh Cohen. Josh practices Conservative Judaism. I also retrieved some information from a book The Jewish Way; Living the Holidays. Rabbi Irving Greenburg wrote it. I will first explain the holidays I discussed with Josh, and then discuss Josh growing up in the Jewish culture. "They particularly exemplify the focus on developing human capacity in the Sabbath and days of awe. The primary, Holy days that nurture personal life along the way. The Sabbat, on a weekly basis, and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippers, annually, are the key periods of individual family renewal. These holidays accomplish their goals primarily by lifting the individual out of a routine that controls, too often, deadens daily life." The Sabbat is their weekly ceremony, held Friday evenings, to celebrate the end of a work week. Rosh Hashanah - Yom Kipper is the core that of being on trial for ones life. During that trial one moves from life through death to renewed life. Also discussed in this paper is Hanukkah, the festival of lights. Hanukkah stands for the temple that burned to the ground. The Jewish people only had an oil lamp to provide light for six nights and seven days. Therefore that is why they celebrate Hanukkah for six nights and seven days. Passover is also discussed. It is a time where Jewish families are to be fasting, no bread or meat. This last one week. Similar to the Christian Easter celebration. When a Jewish boy turns, age thirteen into an adult Jew they know it as a Bar Mitzvah. In order for this to happen a young teenage boy must attend Hebrew school. They usually take place a couple times a week. There are three types of Judaism worship Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform. Orthodox would be the most religious, Conservatism being middle of the road, and Reform being the least practiced. Josh grew up into the Orthodox beliefs because of his grandparents. Josh's grandparents, his father's mother and father, were Orthodox. His mother's, mother and father were Conservative. Eventually his mother and father switched over to the Conservative beliefs. The Orthodox beliefs would show the in the center and the women on the outside. They viewed women as caretakers. There are three temples in the city of Toledo. B'NAI Israel which is the conservative temple. Josh attends this temple. JCC, Jewish Community Center, which is the Reformer temple. And, Etz Chay, the Orthodox temple. As a child his parents were not strict followers. They didn't celebrate Sabbat every Friday but did celebrate all the holidays of Judaism. Josh went Sunday to school every Sunday to learn about the Jewish religion, and he went to Hebrew school every Tuesday and Thursday. At the age of thirteen, Josh celebrated Bar Mitzvah. The Worship procedures are conducted from the Torah, which is actually the Bible. The only difference is they read the lessons in Hebrew. Since Josh is not full practice of Judaism, he has a hard time following along. Since the Jewish religion does not believe in Christ, they believe that Jesus was born a Jew. They do not celebrate the birth of Christ, Christmas. I asked Josh did this effect him growing up?, His peers mostly celebrating Christmas. As it turns out, his peers were jealous of him. Being able to receive gifts seven days in a row and being able to take off more school than the other children. Josh in turn was very envious of his peers being able to receive their gifts all at once. The questioned was asked what did your family do on December twenty fifth? "It was a normal day for my family. We went to the movies as a family." Josh celebrated his very first Christmas this past year. He celebrated with his girlfriend and her family. I asked whic...This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now! Get This Full Article After Registration
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