Night people and stuff Flashcards
Moishe the Beadle is an older Jewish man who befriends teenaged Eliezer in Eliezer’s hometown of Sighet
Moishe the Beadle
Situated along the Tisa river on the border with Ukraine, Sighet is known to most as the birthplace of Elie Wiesel.
Sighet
Part of Romania
Transylvania
Jewish Oral Law
Talmud
Jewish place of worship
Synagogue
The confinement of Jews in a set-apart area of a city
Ghetto
Method, discipline, and school of thought that originated in Judaism
Kabbalah
Elies sisters and mother
Hilda, Bea, Elie, Tzipora
One of the major works of the Kabbalah
Zohar
Solemn Jewish holiday
Rosh Hashanah
The development and protection of a Jewish nation
Zionism
Someone who supports or promotes fascism—a system of government led by a dictator who typically rules by forcefully and often violently suppressing opposition and criticism
Fascist
Badges that Jews were ordered to wear
Yellow Star
The hate of Jews
Anti Semitism
German secret police, somewhat comparable to the CIA
Gestapo