Night: Chapter 1 People, Place, and Things Flashcards

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1
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Who is Moishe the Beadle?

A

adviser, instructor

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2
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What is Sighet?

A

A town in Transylvania

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3
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What is Transylvania?

A

Region in Romania

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4
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What is Talmud?

A

The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law and Jewish theology

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5
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What is synagogue?

A

Jewish assembly

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6
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What is Ghetto?

A

Jewish quarter in a city

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7
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What is kabbalah?

A

Jewish mysticism

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8
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Who is Hilda, Bea, Elie, and Tzipora?

A

They are siblings

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9
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What is Zohar?

A

Group of books of fundamental work in literature of Jewish mystical thought

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10
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What is Rosh Hashanah?

A

Jewish new year

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11
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What is Zionism?

A

Protection of a Jewish nation

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12
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What is a Fascist?

A

suppports or promotes fascism (dictator often violently suppreses opposistion)

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13
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What is a yellow star?

A

Jews had to wear around their neck

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14
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What is Anti Semitism?

A

Prejudice against Jewish people

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15
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What is gestapo?

A

Secret police

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