Gaining a better understanding of Judaism

1. What separates Judaism from Christianity?

2. Who are leaders within the Jewish community?


3. What are the three main denominations within Judaism?
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4. Which domination is the most traditional?


5. What is a tradition of the Orthodox Jew on the Sabbath or a holiday?


6. What are three common things would you see in regards to an Orthodox Jews
appearance on a day to day basis?
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7. What is the Jewish house of worship called?


8. Starting at an early age, where are three areas that you would find a separation of the
sexes?
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9. Is visible contact between men and woman, who are not married, allowed?


10. What three things are not allowed in the home that you might find in your own home?
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11. What two things are emphasized in the Orthodox Jewish home?
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12. When does Sabbath occur?


13. Name at least three things that occur during the Sabbath?
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14. In what ways do people harass Orthodox Jews?











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Malcolm X and The Black Power

1. The man at the very beginning says the black man will always be a second class
citizen unless they obtain what?


2. What could be the price of freedom?


3. What was Malcolm X an activist for?


4. What did Malcolm X and The Black Power Movement want?



5. In what decade was The Black Panther Party formed?


6. Who was The Black Panther Party uprising against? Who is the MAN?


7. According to Huey Newton, 1. what were police officers were suppose to do and 2. what
did he feel they actually did?



8. What was the symbol of The Black Panther Party?


9. What was the message of The Black Panther Party and The Black Power Movement?


The 1960s were by no means the beginning of the civil rights movement. Since
emancipation, a battle had been waged for equal rights. The 1960s did; however, mark a
decidedly different approach to the movement. The spotlight that illuminated this struggle
was elevated to new heights in the year 1968. Dr. Martin Luther Kings assassination, the
urban riots, and the Kennedy assassination were all widely televised and representative of
the chaos that was America that year. Inevitably, that years Olympic competition would
not be able to elude the frenzy of American politics. NPR reflected on this event,

The Black Power demonstration on top of the victory stand in Mexico City in 1968 by
several African-American athletes was one of the great political moments in the history
of the Olympic movement," Hoberman says. "This was a way of saying, at the end of the
1960s ... that the African-Americans had had enough of domestic racism and that here
was an opportunity to express their feelings about that.


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