Night people and stuff Flashcards

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Moishe the Beadle is an older Jewish man who befriends teenaged Eliezer in Eliezer’s hometown of Sighet

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Moishe the Beadle

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Situated along the Tisa river on the border with Ukraine, Sighet is known to most as the birthplace of Elie Wiesel.

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Sighet

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3
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Part of Romania

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Transylvania

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4
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Jewish Oral Law

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Talmud

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5
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Jewish place of worship

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Synagogue

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The confinement of Jews in a set-apart area of a city

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Ghetto

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Method, discipline, and school of thought that originated in Judaism

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Kabbalah

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Elies sisters and mother

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Hilda, Bea, Elie, Tzipora

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9
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One of the major works of the Kabbalah

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Zohar

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10
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Solemn Jewish holiday

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Rosh Hashanah

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11
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The development and protection of a Jewish nation

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Zionism

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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

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Fascist

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13
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Badges that Jews were ordered to wear

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Yellow Star

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14
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The hate of Jews

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Anti Semitism

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15
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German secret police, somewhat comparable to the CIA

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Gestapo

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