Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Yiddish and the Jewish Experience > Midterm 1 > Flashcards

Midterm 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Diaspora

A

scattering of Jews from their homeland of Israel, to other areas

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Ashkenazi

A

Group of Jews in Eastern Europe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Yiddish

A

Language of mainly Ashkenazi Jews; mix of slavic language with hebrew, and mostly German

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Hebrew

A

language of the ancient Jews, still used for reading of the Torah and for special occasions. Normally women do not learn this language in depth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Enlightenment/Haskalah

A

1855-1881; Alexander II possibility of secularization and Jews encouraged to move past restrictive traditions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Pale of Settlement

A

forced migration in Russia started by Catherine the Great late 1700’s; 6 million Jews by 1910; began the legacy of shtetls

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Shtetls

A

small towns, Fiddler on the Roof, pale of settlement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Sabbatei Zevi

A

Fake messiah; mid 1600’s; devastating… precludes Hassidic movement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Maskilim

A

Haskalah

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Chassidism

A

demphasis on scholarship, spiritual/mystical/universal forms of worship, rebbe, superstitious, besht

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Baal Shem Tov

A

“Besht” a leader of the Chassidic movement; miracle worker, early 1700-1760’s

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Sabbath

A

time of holiness; a hazan for shabbat, let the sabbath linger, restrictions, food, tchines,

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

T’khines

A

prayers for women

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Cantor(Hazzan)

A

A Hazzan for shabbat, revered, virtuosic, each worker expresses the beauty in their own medium

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Dybbuk

A

S. Ansky; arranged marriage of infants, boy dies and possesses body of the woman he loves

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

cheder

A

Jewish school for young boys to become scholars; raisins and almonds, Cahan describes two extremes, one that boys were malnourished and beaten and scared, and the other that the mother has the baby in a prayer shawl

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Melamed

A

teacher in the cheder, good or bad

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Torah

A

The Old testament to study

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Talmud

A

Jewish interpretation of the torah

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

olom haboh

A

Jewish music Hassidic

21
Q

Vilna

A

Larger city, problems for next generation Jews; “Oh Abraham”, “As I went walking”, “He comes to me”

22
Q

Sholom Aleichem

A

Fiddler on the Roof, means “hello”, used Yiddish literature to expand the knowledge of the Jewish population

23
Q

Catherine the Great

A

1700’s, began the Pale of Settlement; struggled with maintaining Russian traditions, yet also keeping up to speed with the enlightenment period

24
Q

Alexander II

A

A time of renaissance for the Jews, increased education, unfortunately under the goal of assimilation, not preservation of the Jewish tradition

25
Q

Alexander III

A

helped to blame the Jews for assassination, hardest period of persecution, many pogroms such as Odessa and Kishinev

26
Q

Kishinev

A

a very bloody pogrom ~1903, initiated a strong emigration from Russia

27
Q

Russo Japanese War

A

Russia tries to conquer the Japanese and there are many loses on both sides. Jews view this as punishment for pogroms such as Kishinev

28
Q

Pogrom

A

massacre of Jews; primarily Odessa and Kishinev. Jews are always in balance of acceptance and this extreme

29
Q

“Raisins and Almonds”

A

a story about giving the treats for studying Torah; told from an interesting perspective; a woman talking to her baby in the Second Temple period, discussing the great many things of the modern world that will come to pass. Possibly written supporting the Haskalah movement

30
Q

Kaddish

A

name related to singing praises to God

31
Q

Badkahn

A

Wedding singer, entertainment (Goldfaden was one once)

32
Q

Kine Hore

A

superstition, essentially similar to “don’t Jink it!”

33
Q

Havdalah

A

Saturday night ending of Shabbat, three stars, three candles, song about “Let the Sabbath Linger”

34
Q

Misnagdim

A

a faction that appeared in resistance to the non-scholarly Chassidic movement

35
Q

Rebe/Rebbe

A

Chassidic priests, accused for accumulating wealth of their followers, and blindly leading them

36
Q

Nigunim

A

A Chassidic, non verbal worship. Songs composed of uttering and mumblings

37
Q

Tsadik

A

Rebbe; righteous person

38
Q

Lubavitch/Chabad

A

Very missionary minded Chassidic Jews

39
Q

Moschiach

A

Jewish “Messiah”, still waiting for the right one; one major requirement was to rebuild the temple
“Let our Salvation Come”, “Tell us Rabbi, what will happen when messiah comes?” (biblical characters present)

40
Q

Goldfaden

A

Used Yiddish theatre as a springboard to teach the Jewish population modern culture, and their history

41
Q

Purimshpiel

A

a Mardi Gras type of celebration about the story of Esther

42
Q

Broder singers

A

singers

43
Q

Bund

A

Jewish labor movement; “Di Shuve” (The Oath) Hope and Faith; In Ale Gasm”

44
Q

Zionism

A

Shulamis, Bar Kochba

45
Q

May 1st

A

brighter, troubles have passed, Maylid

46
Q

Opera

A

used in Goldfaden’s works

47
Q

Shulamis

A

A man leaves and returns to Shulamis, Shulamis says women too can pray, subtle enlightenment message, Contains Raisins and Almonds

48
Q

Messianic Hopes

A

Shabbatai Zevi, “Let our Salvation Come”, “Tell us Rabbi…” (bib characters)

49
Q

Labor Song spectrum

A

Hope and Faith/Maylid vs. Barikadn/In Ale Gasm

Yiddish and the Jewish Experience (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions