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student 1:
So after reading both the prompt A and prompt B articles, I’m gonna go with
prompt A and the question I have to ask here is why are Jews so hated? And
why was the legal precedent established by Washington? Not good enough. So
I know that there’s tons of information about why the Jews are not liked.
But then in the article, um by Lawer called an Abandoned Weapon in the
Fight against hate speech. It states that Washington um effectively
establish a legal precedent and that there would be no European style
corporate group identity or racial stigma against the Jewishness in America.
And then by law American Jews would be treated as white Americans as a
different religious of faith. And so my big question is when a president
comes out with something like this, normally everyone abides to it. But
after reading the article um from Goldstein race and the Jewish problem in
inner war America. It describes event after event of negativity towards the
Jewish people, even the Ku Klux Klan um the Times in the early 19 twenties
or even before that. And yeah, my big question is why are they so hated?
student 2:
The discussion question that I am posing to prompt B is based upon the
writing from Jack or the Mayer in how Jews practice their religion today
period. Oops, the author of the piece says that the biggest divide in
Jewish life in America is between the Orthodox Jews and all the other Jews.
Orthodox Jews. Look at Judaism as a package of Ds and don’t and have to
observe the commandments as much as possible in many well respected
orthodox communities. It can be very hard for them to participate in
secular society, period. So the question that I have and that I am posing
is where do you think a survey or a poll of orthodox Jews would reveal if
given the chance to abide by all the strict traditions or to live among
American culture and society and adapt more to the new norms in the West?
Question? So that’s the question. And then what are some of the reasons why
you think an Orthodox Jew would give for wanting to stay in the Orthodox
community and be willing to engage in the sometimes difficult practices?
And then on the other hand, why would some Orthodox Jews explain reasons
why they would want to move towards joining a more secular community.
