Night: Chapter 1 People, Place, and Things Flashcards
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
adviser, instructor
What is Sighet?
A town in Transylvania
What is Transylvania?
Region in Romania
What is Talmud?
The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law and Jewish theology
What is synagogue?
Jewish assembly
What is Ghetto?
Jewish quarter in a city
What is kabbalah?
Jewish mysticism
Who is Hilda, Bea, Elie, and Tzipora?
They are siblings
What is Zohar?
Group of books of fundamental work in literature of Jewish mystical thought
What is Rosh Hashanah?
Jewish new year
What is Zionism?
Protection of a Jewish nation
What is a Fascist?
suppports or promotes fascism (dictator often violently suppreses opposistion)
What is a yellow star?
Jews had to wear around their neck
What is Anti Semitism?
Prejudice against Jewish people
What is gestapo?
Secret police