Kevin Alvarez REL S320 Professor Meltzer 3/28/13 Synagogue Visit Assignment The reason why I chose to visit a reform congregation was because upon conducting intern research, that Reform Jews, compared to the other different types of congregations, claim to fully integrate the Jewish culture into their lives. In this way, perhaps observing modern Jewish cultures or values that we studied in class might be more easily observed. Of course this isn’t to mention that other Jewish congregations do not hold true to their sacred history. A day before, I went ahead and called the synagogue to let them know if it was okay if I may attend their Shabbat service. I spoke to a lady named Michelle who first greeted me saying “Shalom”, later which I learned that it was a greeting.
Recent controversy has been spared over and around two recent articles that originated as commencement speeches. David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” given to the graduating class at Kenyon college in 2005 was a revolutionary moment in the history of Commencement speeches because instead of traditional motivational tactics he tried to explain to the graduates how to better use their educations. A similar speech “Congratulations, by the way” was given by George Saunders and tried to touch upon the same message but failed to clearly see Wallace’s message. One clear difference in these two speeches is apparent by just looking at the message that the author is trying to convey to the audience. Wallace starts his speech by saying “liberal
Collins was drafted and hired for the same reason, to restore the winning tradition of the franchise. Collins was a very successful player for the 76ers, but due to injuries was forced to retire the summer before the title won in 1983. Collins is considered one of the best coaches, however there are certain aspects of his coaching style I disagree with. For example, Jrue Holiday should not have been named the point guard because the position doesn’t fit his capabilities. He wants to be known for making the big plays, instead of distributing the basketball to his teammates.
For a class assignment at Morehouse College, Dr. King was introduced to Thoreau’s work “Civil Disobedience.” From this influential work, Dr. King, for the first time, learned of the theory of passive resistance. Thoreau argued that the smallest minority, even just “one honest man,” could start a moral revolution. However, Dr. King was still unsure how to implement this theory until he was a student at Boston University. There, he heard Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson’s lecture on the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Afterward Dr. King said, “The message was so profound and electrifying that I left the meeting and bought a half-dozen books on Gandhi’s life and works.” He spent hours studying and reading Gandhi’s works and found that Gandhi was also inspired by Thoreau’s “Civil
Throughout the passages, there are instances where Harold changes his ways and personality. At the beginning of the story, Hemmingway writes how before the war, Harold was a college student in Kansas and was also in a fraternity. Knowing that Krebs was at a Christian college in another state from his hometown and knowing that he was in a fraternity, it is easy to realize that Harold was a very social and outgoing man. When Krebs came back from the war, he was a changed man. Even though he was probably in some state of depression from not receiving a lot of appreciation for being in the war, Krebs was going against his Christian morals by lying all the time to make him seem more important and like someone he was not.
Many believed that people graduating from high school were still kids and were too young to be thrown into such a “grown up” and high profile situation. Few believed he would succeed and felt players “should be required to grow and develop in college the years after they graduate high school to allow them to grow and develop both physically and mentally” (Hilton). This marks the first significant event in the transformation of Kobe Bryant’s public identity in a negative way, and the beginning of Bryant’s path to perseverance. Skip to four years later and to the first NBA championship for Bryant, who was now an all-star, and the Lakers alongside Shaquille O’Neal which silenced any doubt about Bryant’s maturity or work ethic due to his age, changing his public image to a superstar. He now had all the sponsors and fame chasing him along with all the money that comes with it.
Who Shot Lincoln? The modern student had a summer off, not realizing that the weeks that stand behind will reveal more than just a summer of sand and sun. What will be revealed is how a large section of education is missing, and how unprepared the student and fellow classmates are for the new chapter that is about to begin. It was not so long ago that it was the role of high school to prepare the student for the world ahead in a job market that was wide open. The role of college today has replaced high school in that task.
Zach Whetstone REL 300 Religion in America 3/05/12 Reflection Paper: AR Ch. 47 Ever since the last quarter, I have had a greater respect and curiosity about the Jewish culture. In REL204, I was floored at how important the Hebrew faith was to global evolution and how little they were understood or how misrepresented they were. The Jewish history is nothing short of amazing, and also nothing short of a struggle. I have to say this, on p 414, I had a good laugh.
There were two men seemingly in their late 30’s early 40’s, were in front of the room, appeared to be the leaders of this meeting. When searching an AA meeting to attend, I found this meeting to be OD (open discussion) meeting in being area where it is near home, and at a convenient time. Therefore, I decided to attend this meeting without prior knowledge of this meeting being a 12-Step program until one of the leaders read the 12 steps to the group. While Steve reads this list of goals, I noticed a lot these goals were associated to God and their faith to God. From there, I knew this meeting is going to be a based on a religious structure rather than non-religious structure.
Initially, sports were viewed as a distraction. However, by 1920, college athletics became part of the makeup of higher education (Davis 744). Within the last 25 years, college athletics has taken on a role that is big business for schools. In fact, during early 1990’s,