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Holocaust terminology
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02/25/2014

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Judasim
Definition
Monotheistic religion of jews
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Torah
Definition
The law of god as revealed to moses and recorded in the 5 first books of the Hebrew scriptures
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Messiah
Definition
Leader or savior of a group
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Rabi
Definition
Jewish scholar who studies or teaches jewish law
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Sabbath
Definition
annual midnight meeting of witches with the devil
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Yom Kippur
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The most solemn religious jewish fast of the year
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Hanukkah
Definition
A Jewish festival that lasts 8 days from the 25th day of december
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Synagogue
Definition
A building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction
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Jerusalem
Definition
A holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims
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Talmud
Definition
Literally instrution
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Anti-semitism
Definition
discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews
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shtetl
Definition
a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe.
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Ghettos
Definition
(formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live.
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Liberation
Definition
the seeking of equal status or just treatment for or on behalf of any group believed to be discriminated against
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Emaciate
Definition
to become or cause to become abnormally thin
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Pogroms
Definition
an organized persecution or extermination of an ethnic group, esp of Jews
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Kaballah
Definition
the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible
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Kaddish
Definition
Person who recites prayer
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shekhinah
Definition
the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
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Shtibl
Definition
a place used for communal Jewish prayer.
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Beadle
Definition
a ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution
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Mystical
Definition
inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
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Zohar
Definition
the chief text of the Jewish Kabbalah, presented as an allegorical or mystical interpretation of the Pentateuch.
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Gestapo
Definition
the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods
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Shavuot
Definition
a major Jewish festival held on the 6th (and usually the 7th) of Sivan, fifty days after the second day of Passover.
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