I'm Jewish?
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- By: Caroline Barbalato
- I'm Jewish?
- Chapter 1
- Grandma Rose passed away
- I know this religious stuff is new for you.
- What is going on?
- Are you ok sweetie?
- What are the rocks for?
- They symbolize love and keeping their spirt in this world.
- Your mother and I didn't raise you and your sister to be religious.
- So you are Jewish and mom is Catholic?
- I found my Star of David chain that my mom gave me when I was little. I figured you would want it.
- This is so cool, thank you!
- Chapter 2
- You're Jewish!? How's that possible with a last name like Barbalato?
- Yeah my dad is Jewish
- Stop acting like a Jew!
- Great Grandma Rose
- The Diaries from Anne Frank
- Today class we will start reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel
- It was at this point where I started my journey of learning about the Jewish culture. My great grandma Rose died at the age of 99.
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- We went to temple for her funeral. I didn't grew up around religion, so I was very lost when it came to prayers and rituals.
- Today we will start a research paper on someone you find influential.
- I was never really a curious kid riddled with questions. However I found myself asking a lot of questions about Jewish traditions. I learned that, a stone will not die, and can symbolize the permanence of memory and legacy.
- Chapter 3
- I started asking my father questions about being Jewish. I look up to my father, and want to be just like him. So l was very interested in learning about Jewish culture and family history.
- I'm Irish! too !?
- Soon after I started showing interest in Judaism, he dug up one of his Star of David chains that he wore when he was younger. He passed it down to me and I have worn it everyday since.
- My family and I watched a documentary on Auschwitz, to help me start to learn about the Jews during World War ll. There was unseen footage of what was found after the war. It showed the crematory and underground gas chambers. Even digitally created pictures of what Auschwitz looked like back then.
- School
- The End
- SInce I started wearing the necklace, my friends and other Jewish kids in my grade began asking me about my necklace. They were shocked to find out i was jewish since my last name was Italian. I felt as though I was being accepted by Jewish kids at school even if I wasn't practicing.
- When I got to High School I started picking up on the racist comments towards Jews. I would hear kids get described as "a Jew" in a derogatory manner. I started to get upset by these comments as I had a new grown pride for being Jewish..
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- In Middle School we read Anne Frank's diaries where I got to read about the Holocaust through the lens of a girl my age. I gained more interest in reading more personal survival stories from the Holocaust.
- Sophomore year of highschool, we read Night by Elie Wiesel. However, this point of view was from a survivor. I started to compare their different experiences. Anne Frank was hiding most of the time before getting killed, while Elie was being tortured in Auschwitz. I thought to myself, what would I rather do? Would I be strong enough to survive a deadly concentration camp?
- My Sophomore Year of High School we had to do a research project on someone who we thought was influential. With further investigation, I decided to do mine on Oskar Schindler.
- My sister and I submitted our DNA to Ancestory.com where we could discover more about our family history and origins. Although we had many different ethnicities, the main percentage was Eastern European Jew. It was shocking to the both of us.
- My father and I watched the award winning movie Schindler's List, to do more research on Oskar Schindler. This truly opened my eyes to the horrors of what was happening to Jews during World War II. The movie was scaring and graphic but helped me understand more of what happened.
- At the end of the movie, it fast forwards to present day and the remaining survivors visit him and put stones Schindler's grave. This was a full circle moment for me as it brought me back to my Great Grandmother's burial. I was reminded of my journey of learn about my origins.
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