https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl facts and information en-us 2020-01-14 13:37:15 UTC 2025-10-07 04:02:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f54d.png swise2677 https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285321 Elisha Wiesel was born on September 30th of 1928, in Sighet, Romania. He lived with his parents and sisters. He had three sisters,  two of them were older their names were Beatrice and Hilda. His younger sister was Tzipora. In his younger years, he was put in jail for helping the Jews escape and feeding them. His parents pushed him to learn Hebrew and learn to read and write literature. All of his family tried helping out in the community. They were all very friendly and helpful. Elie Weisel was Jewish and his family was sent off to concentration camps. ]]> 2020-01-14 13:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285321 https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285327 The monotheistic religion of the Jews. 'Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was founded over 3500 years ago in the Middle East.' Jews believe that god appointed the Jews to be his chosen people to set an example for everyone else. Judaism has its its roots as a organization religion.  in the middle east during the bronze. in 500 BCE. 'Major centers of Jewish diasporan culture emerged in such places as Alexandria'  'The most important teaching and tenet of Judaism is that there is one God, incorporeal and eternal, who wants all people to do what is just and merciful'. jewish people worship in holy places known as synagogues, and there spiritual leader is called rabbis. today there are about 14 million people that are still jews most of them live in the united states. jews read from a Hebrew bible. 'It includes the same books as the Old Testament in the Christian Bible, but they’re placed in a slightly different order'. ]]> 2020-01-14 13:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285327 https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285475 Antisemitism is to be hostile or prejudiced to Jews. antisemitism didn't began with Adolf Hitler its said to be around since ancient times.Anti-Antisemitism, hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group. The term Antisemitism was coined in 1879 by the German agitator Wilhelm Marr to designate the anti-Jewish campaigns under way in central Europe at that time. Although the term now has wide currency, it is a misnomer, since it implies a discrimination against all Semites. For the most part, discrimination results in some form of harm or disadvantage to the targeted persons or groups. An ever-growing number of terms have been coined to label forms of discrimination, such as racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia, or cissexism]]> 2020-01-14 13:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285475 brutherford7612 https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285545 After dealing with the Holocaust he moved to France and started writing books about Nazi's and the experiences he had. Also he visited holocaust memorials with a bunch of famous figures like President Obama. Also after the war he became a college professor at Boston University.And he was later awarded the Noble Prize of Peace.]]> 2020-01-14 13:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431285545 cwilliams8090 https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431827470 Elie did many writing's in his life time. In a total he wrote 57 books and they are all about the holocaust and the experiences. Elie was a holocaust survivor and went through many horrible things. His books are very famous specially his book night which was published in 1955. The next book was produced in 1961 called dawn. Elie made three books Night, Dawn, and day. they all went together and talked about how he felt and what he experienced after and during the holocaust.  Elie's books let people experience how people would of felt if they were in the holocaust like he was and he lets people feel his experience in a way by reading his books. ]]> 2020-01-15 13:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/swise2677/w296pp9vz1hl/wish/431827470