Judaism Article Reviews Samples For Students

Another cultural aspect that was practiced within the community was circumcision. This was practiced like the Jews. This involved making offerings as well as feasts on those occasions just like the Jews. The children were named based on the occurrence of an event, circumstances or imagined foreboding during their birth. For instance, the former slave was named Olaudah that meant fortunate or vicissitude. Such names were mentioned with greater reverence. The community was characterized by high standards of decency which was followed like religion. Those persons who touched the dead were obligated to wash as well as purify themselves ...

In an intuitive investigation, Christiane Wilke seeks to reevaluate the significance of memorials in a multifaceted manner. His pursuit is hinged on getting the answers to three questions which revolve around the impact that memorials should have on us; with the ultimate goal of initiating a conversation around transitional justice and the need to incorporate theories of complex identities while ascribing specific relevance to memorials. His research is aimed at providing relevant evidence about the need to be cautious when setting up memorials because more often, their defined purpose ignores the existence of overlapping and congruent scenarios leading to their installation. ...

The birth place of Judaism is in modern day Iraq. It has been known by many names throughout history. In ancient times it was called Sumer the positioning of Ur of the Chaldea and the birth place of Abraham. Tigris and Eu-prates meet at a place with a very famous name Babylon. Where the rivers part is known as Assyria not to be confused with modern day Syria. This region is the birthplace of civilization. The civilization that developed and were highly advanced in terms of mathematics and even law. The religious culture was very pagan that included human sacrifice.

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The Israeli-Palestine conflict is one that is incredibly complex and borne of sophisticated and difficult-to-resolve religious, political and cultural differences in the Middle East. The area has been subject to substantial examples of violence, imperialism, and religious extremism to the level where the conflict has escalated to near-unsolvable levels. However, the history of the divisions that take place in the West Bank and adjacent areas must be understood and explored, in order to solidify our perceptions of how the conflict was created. Here, the Balfour Declaration, Henry McMahon's Letter to Ali ibn Husain, and the British Mandate for Palestine ...

Neonatal HSV infection occurs in a variety of settings, with a rate of 1-6 per 20,000 births. The majority of infections are incurred at delivery, from exposure to HSV in maternal genital secretions. Postnatal HSV infections occur via transmission by healthcare givers with oral lesions. This study, by Gesundheit el al (2004), evaluates a series of eight cases of neonate genital herpex simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection following Jewish ritual circumcisions conducted in three hospitals in Israel and one hospital in Canada.
The infants developed HSV-1 symptoms roughly one week after ritual circumcision (± 2.5 days). The traditional ritual requires ...

In this paper, the study "A Longitudinal Examination of Stress Generation in Depressive and Anxiety Disorders” published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology will be discussed. First, an overview of the study will be presented. Second, key strengths and weakness of the study’s methods and procedures, as well as its results, will be argued. Third, a recommendation for how the study could be improved will be stated, and finally a conclusion will sum up the results of this review.
The study’s goal is to expand on existing research on stress. The study examines both interpersonal and non interpersonal ...

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The article “Divorce Trends and Patterns in the Western World: A socio-legal overview”, written by Tony Fahey, contains a profound overview of all the patterns and trends in divorce in the modern world in developed countries of the Western World. It regards the definition of the world “divorce” and its meaning, the causes and reasons of divorce, the legal process, and usual consequences thereof. Tony Fahey has made a deep investigation of marital breakdown in the modern society over half of a century. The author indicates that though the number of divorces has radically increased recently, the reasons of ...

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1939-1945
1939-1945
In the article “Race, Employment Discrimination, and State Complicity in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945” Carmela Patrias explores the employment discrimination of minority groups during the World War II in Canada, focusing on lives of people of Japanese, African and European heritage, as well as Jews and Native people. Even though in times of war minority groups represented a great source of labor, racial difference was a significant factor to disqualify a person from working in war industries. The author describes different assumptions about “foreigners” - minority groups, that lead to social and economic inequality, as well as consequences ...

Analysis of Articles

Analysis of Articles

The article is about the application of social psychology to motivate and lobby for social and political participation in anti-poverty campaigns and measures. The application of social psychology is from a social identity approach that entails group efficacy, group emotion as well as meaningful social identity. All these factors are important in advocating and promoting a collective effort towards the eradication of poverty in the developing nations and the achievement of any set millennium development goals (MDGs).
The social identity approach highlights the significance psychological reality that lies with social groups and their collective behavior. Group-based emotion ...

1 Peter 3:19-20 In the Light of Dominant Themes

In Jewish Literature

Wayne Grudem
Wayne Grudem, in his “Christ Preaching Through Noah: 1 Peter 3:19-20 in the Light of Dominant Themes in Jewish Literature,” offered an interpretative analysis of Peter’s writing. His analysis revolved around three important questions: (1) Who are the spirits in prison? (2) What did Christ preached? (3) When did He preached? He then expounded on them using Views 1to 5, as restated and explicated in concise form below:
View 1: When the Spirit of Christ "which was in them," such as in Noah when he ...

An excerpt on the captivation of the Jews by the Babylonians from the Christian Bible relates the fears of the Jews to that of the Red Indians after the extraction of the two races from their homes. Thus begins the author’s tale of the sufferings of the people exiled from their homes and land by a ruthless nation anxious to possess their fruitful farms and acquire their properties. Dubbed the “Trail of Tears”, the article traces the events and in some cases, mentions important people in the Indian tribes’ 800-mile trek to their new homes in the West (190). ...

The issue of hate has circulated in the social arena for quite a long time as people seek to establish a solution to this issue. It has existed since time immemorial, and was the cause for the slave trade that led to the demeaning of the African people. The same hate has found its way into the modern world where there are various reports of people who have experienced the bitter ends of hate. All over the world, there had been crimes that were propagated by hate; the killing of Jews by Hitler and the anti-Semitism movements, the massacre in Rwanda ...