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Yiddish and the Jewish Experience > Deck 1 > Flashcards

Deck 1 Flashcards

1
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Estimated year of Abraham (according to archaeology)

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1800 BC

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2
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Unique aspect of Jewish Torah

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exists both as a written AND oral tradition (Talmud)

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3
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Estimated year of United Monarchy

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1500 BC

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4
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Year of Babylonian destruction of Temple

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586 BC

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5
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Year Romans destroy 2nd Temple

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63 AD

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6
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Creation of the State of Israel (year, dispute)

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1948, but not considered a Messianic fulfillment of prophecy

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7
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Three Jewish Locations/Names

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Middle East (Mizrachi), Western Europe (Sephardic), Eastern Europe (Ashkenazi)

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8
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Languages of Jewish Locations

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Middle East (Judeo Arabic), Western Europe (Cadino), Eastern Europe (Yiddish)

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9
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Yiddish

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Eastern European Jews (contains both elements such as German, and Hebrew [alphabet])

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10
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3 Accusations of the Jewish Community

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Deicide, Blood Libels, Plague

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3 Effects of Accusations

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Not allowed to own land, placed in Ghettos, ostracized

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12
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Two specific times (dates) of persecution

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1092 Crusades, 1492 expelled from Spain

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13
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Role of Jews in community

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Financial experts, (bankers, tax collectors, consultants)

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14
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1700’s and the Jewish Experience

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Age of Enlightenment both emancipated Jews, but primarily in the West, as opposed to the East

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15
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4 denominations of Judaism

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Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Orthodox

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16
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4 Spiritual Traditions of Judaism

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Jesus is not Messianic, pray 3 times a day, men responsible for spiritual welfare, worship in synagogues

17
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4 Misc. Traditions of Judaism

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Sabbath on Saturday, diets, lunar calendar, orthodox= no instruments in synagogue

18
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What was the Pale of Settlement?

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A Russian area to place Jews, nearly 6 million lived there by 1910, in the middle of rural areas

19
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Shtetls

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Sort of like ghettos, poor conditions,

20
Q

Shtetls Life

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Strict adherence to law and religion, arranged marriage, heder schools, gender roles, fiddler on the roof

21
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Hassidism

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Focus that illiterate can experience spirituality too. Started by Rabbi Baal Shem Tov. Messianic movement

22
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Nigun Music

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Music without words (yiddish/hebrew) that could still be used as worship. Universal to the community

23
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Olom Habo

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belief in eternity

24
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Enlightenment (haskalah)

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1855-1881 Alexander II, rigid systems diminishing

25
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1881

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death of Alexander II, in comes Alexander III and creates even more oppression than before II.

Yiddish and the Jewish Experience (3 decks)

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