I went to Miami University before I transferred to Thomas More and my best friend there was Jewish. She and her family took Passover very seriously. She would miss class on the days that it was celebrated and was very careful of what she ate during this holiday. One year I actually went to the Passover service with her at the Jewish center on campus. It was a very interesting experience and one I will never forget. The service was definitely one that stressed the theme of freedom and everyone was in a celebratory mood. Even though I am not Jewish, I was welcomed to the service because everyone wanted to share this joy with me. Over Christmas break this year, I saw a movie called Exodus that was all about Moses and the Passover. I highly recommend it as it was very accurate and it did a great job of showing the plight of the Jewish people under the rule of the Pharaoh and also did a wonderful job of representing the plagues.
I work in a Jewish community center and we celebrate all of the Jewish holidays. From this job, i also have a few good friends that are Jewish and take the holidays seriously. I also babysit for many families that celebrate Passover. One of the families is Jewish and Catholic so they are celebrating both Passover and Easter. The little boy spent all day of April 3rd telling me about the Seder he was going to have and how he was going to celebrate. I definitely enjoy my job because it gives me a new view on different religions that I wasn't raised with.
Leann, I have a cousin, who is Catholic, who married a woman, who is Jewish. Watching them raise their little boy is very interesting because the two religions are so different! The first experience I had with the mesh of the two religions was their wedding. They incorporated the significant things from both of the faiths into one ceremony and they had both a rabbi and a priest there! It was extremely different, but neat to see the two religions meshed together.
It has got to be really interesting to see such a different life style than yours in everyday life. Then again, it probably doesn't seem as foreign to you now. Even if I wasn't Catholic, it would be the norm to me because everyone around me is. If someone who wasn't Catholic had even just gone to my high school for a year or two, they would probably be un phased by anything having to do with the religion after that. It's as if while it may not be your faith, you support it while not believing in it. It's the religion that you are most used to therefore the one you know the most about.
When I was in grade school one of my teachers made a Sedar meal for my class. I went to a Catholic school so it was pretty cool that we were able to learn about different religious holidays other than our own. The teacher taught us different rituals and showed us a video about the origin of Passover. I really only know about Passover in regards to Jewish holidays. I would like to explore more of their holidays, as well as, holidays in other religions in the future.
I have not had any experience learning about the Jewish culture. This was interesting to me because some of the things I had no idea they participated in! It is nice to see other cultures because my family is Catholic and Greek Orthodox which i also think is really interesting.
I agree with you, I also haven't been exposed to much of the Jewish culture and so it is nice to hear other people's stories on other religions and learn about them.
It's interesting to see the similarities between Christianity and Judaism. Often times people forget that Jesus was Jewish and much of the Old Testament is similar to Jewish teachings. I recently had the opportunity to celebrate Greek Easter and it was a great time. Incredible food.
Throughout high school, we would touch on some of the other religion's main holidays and Passover happened to be one of them. Since the story is in the Bible we studied, as I attended a Catholic school, it was not out of the norm for us to be looking at their holidays. The main way I have been exposed to the Jewish community, though, is because of my cousin's wife. She was the first Jew I have ever met and she openly discusses the faith if she is ever asked any questions. I think the religion is pretty interesting to learn about, especially since my dad's side of the family is pretty narrow-minded when it comes to any other religion besides Catholicism.
As a Catholic, I've always been involved with the celebration of the Passover but not in the same context as a Jewish person would understand it. I have always gone to Catholic schools and taken several theology courses, so I have a pretty good understanding of it. The simple version is that the Passover in Judaism corresponds to Jesus's Last Supper in Catholicism, so it is well understood that the Passover is important in both religions. The supper itself was based on the Jewish Passover tradition of unleavened bread and cheap wine, because they had to eat quickly before they could escape Egypt.
I went to Miami University before I transferred to Thomas More and my best friend there was Jewish. She and her family took Passover very seriously. She would miss class on the days that it was celebrated and was very careful of what she ate during this holiday. One year I actually went to the Passover service with her at the Jewish center on campus. It was a very interesting experience and one I will never forget. The service was definitely one that stressed the theme of freedom and everyone was in a celebratory mood. Even though I am not Jewish, I was welcomed to the service because everyone wanted to share this joy with me. Over Christmas break this year, I saw a movie called Exodus that was all about Moses and the Passover. I highly recommend it as it was very accurate and it did a great job of showing the plight of the Jewish people under the rule of the Pharaoh and also did a wonderful job of representing the plagues.
ReplyDeleteI work in a Jewish community center and we celebrate all of the Jewish holidays. From this job, i also have a few good friends that are Jewish and take the holidays seriously. I also babysit for many families that celebrate Passover. One of the families is Jewish and Catholic so they are celebrating both Passover and Easter. The little boy spent all day of April 3rd telling me about the Seder he was going to have and how he was going to celebrate. I definitely enjoy my job because it gives me a new view on different religions that I wasn't raised with.
ReplyDeleteLeann, I have a cousin, who is Catholic, who married a woman, who is Jewish. Watching them raise their little boy is very interesting because the two religions are so different! The first experience I had with the mesh of the two religions was their wedding. They incorporated the significant things from both of the faiths into one ceremony and they had both a rabbi and a priest there! It was extremely different, but neat to see the two religions meshed together.
DeleteIt has got to be really interesting to see such a different life style than yours in everyday life. Then again, it probably doesn't seem as foreign to you now. Even if I wasn't Catholic, it would be the norm to me because everyone around me is. If someone who wasn't Catholic had even just gone to my high school for a year or two, they would probably be un phased by anything having to do with the religion after that. It's as if while it may not be your faith, you support it while not believing in it. It's the religion that you are most used to therefore the one you know the most about.
DeleteWhen I was in grade school one of my teachers made a Sedar meal for my class. I went to a Catholic school so it was pretty cool that we were able to learn about different religious holidays other than our own. The teacher taught us different rituals and showed us a video about the origin of Passover. I really only know about Passover in regards to Jewish holidays. I would like to explore more of their holidays, as well as, holidays in other religions in the future.
ReplyDeleteI have not had any experience learning about the Jewish culture. This was interesting to me because some of the things I had no idea they participated in! It is nice to see other cultures because my family is Catholic and Greek Orthodox which i also think is really interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I also haven't been exposed to much of the Jewish culture and so it is nice to hear other people's stories on other religions and learn about them.
DeleteIt's interesting to see the similarities between Christianity and Judaism. Often times people forget that Jesus was Jewish and much of the Old Testament is similar to Jewish teachings. I recently had the opportunity to celebrate Greek Easter and it was a great time. Incredible food.
DeleteThroughout high school, we would touch on some of the other religion's main holidays and Passover happened to be one of them. Since the story is in the Bible we studied, as I attended a Catholic school, it was not out of the norm for us to be looking at their holidays. The main way I have been exposed to the Jewish community, though, is because of my cousin's wife. She was the first Jew I have ever met and she openly discusses the faith if she is ever asked any questions. I think the religion is pretty interesting to learn about, especially since my dad's side of the family is pretty narrow-minded when it comes to any other religion besides Catholicism.
ReplyDeleteAs a Catholic, I've always been involved with the celebration of the Passover but not in the same context as a Jewish person would understand it. I have always gone to Catholic schools and taken several theology courses, so I have a pretty good understanding of it. The simple version is that the Passover in Judaism corresponds to Jesus's Last Supper in Catholicism, so it is well understood that the Passover is important in both religions. The supper itself was based on the Jewish Passover tradition of unleavened bread and cheap wine, because they had to eat quickly before they could escape Egypt.
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