Jewish Culture and Jewish Americans

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“When I was a little girl my family moved to Tallahassee, Florida. We were the only Jewish family in the neighborhood. So as most kids do when they move to a new neighborhood, they tend to try and make new friends. I remember going over to one of my new friend’s house and her mother felt my scalp for horns” Julianne Jacques MCC-Penn Valley Counselor. Jewish Americans learn from a young age about the importance of knowing their history. Knowing the history is for the sake of the future of their past. Jewish Americans represent a group of people rather than a race or ethnicity, with strong family values and beliefs. They are simply claiming five thousand years of their history.
During the early 20th century many Jews began coming to America to escape. They sought America as a place of freedom and refuge during the pre-revolutionary times from economic struggles. Many coming from Europe settled on the east coast into many small communities. “Currently there are 4.2 million Jews who still live in Israel which is considered there homeland, but there are 5.8 million Jews who live in the United States and consider it their home.” www.everyculture.com
A mitzvah also a commandment tells Jewish people "to be fruitful and multiply”. It is usually a personal desire to build a Jewish family. Many Jew’s believe that building a Jewish family and making sure that they teach them values of the culture. They see to teach them about their history from the Holocaust that way they do not forget. Today in Jewish America the homes are male dominated. The entire family does exactly what the father says. Women are home makers. They raise their children, keep the home tidy and organize any functions that go on. When it...

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...wed. Then for 3 weeks they are allowed to mourn this is called the Shaloshim.

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