PDF-(BOOK)-Confessions of a Secular Jew: A Memoir

What it means to be a Jew lies at the very heart of Confessions of a Secular Jew a provocative memoir and a thoughtful speculation on the nature of Jewish identity and experience in an increasingly secular world The legacy bequeathed to Eugene Goodheart was a progressive secular Yiddish education which identifi ed Jewish struggles against oppression with working class struggles against exploitation In the vanguard was the Soviet Union Goodhearts heroes were Moses Bar Kochbah Judah Maccabee Karl Marx and that strange honorary Jew Joseph Stalin whose antiSemitism would later become known to the world Confessions of a Secular Jew is the story of Goodhearts disillusionment with the naive even false progressivism of that education At the same time it is an attempt to rescue and come to grips with the positive remains of that education and heritage. Executive Advance. August 2015. 1. THE ART OF LEADERSHIP . Part 2. Towards The Making Of A Great . Nation.. Presented. . By:. . Dr.. David O. Oyedepo. Chancellor, Covenant University. Mission and Purpose. Our . mission. is to increase the . visibility . and respect for nontheistic viewpoints in the United States, and to protect and strengthen the secular character of our government as the best guarantee of freedom for all. S. tagnation. : . A . D. ifferent. . P. erspective. Luk. as. Kovanda, Ph.D., Chie. f Economist. , . Roklen. Fin. Lukas Kovanda, Ph.D., . Roklen. Fin: Secular Stagnation: A Different . P. erspective, Free Market Roadshow 2015, Prague, 16/4. He hath disgraced me and hindered me of half a million; . Laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation,. thwarted by bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies!. And what is his reason?. Your Name. What is a Memoir?. What word does Memoir remind you of?. Memory. Memoir. a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation. Usually, memoirs. . Executive Advance. August 2015. 1. THE ART OF LEADERSHIP . Part 2. Towards The Making Of A Great . Nation.. Presented. . By:. . Dr.. David O. Oyedepo. Chancellor, Covenant University. 9/8. Learning Objective: Can I use specific word choice to write autobiographically?. Welcome Work: . Take out a piece of paper and label it with the heading.. Put your . NOVEL. . and your . re-written OER . th. Grade Memoir Unit. . information compiled by Ms. Gilmore, Intern. Getting Started. “My dear children…you must know that there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory, especially a memory of childhood, of home. People talk to you a great deal about your education, but some good, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education. If one carries many such memories into life, one is safe to the end of one’s days, and if one has only one good memory left in one’s heart, even that may be the means of saving us.”. While you’re waiting, check your audio…. Is your microphone working?. Are your speakers on?. On October 18, we will begin reading . Pippi Longstocking . by Astrid . Lindgren. . You can get a copy . Step #1. Look around the room until you see an object or something else that reminds you of something that happened in the past. Jot down that memory. If you don’t see anything in the room that reminds you of your past, think of your most vivid memory from your childhood and write that down.. BUT FIRST . Let’s Revisit. "My purse, my person";. Or, Personal Value. The Four Plot Strands of . Merchant. :. Wooing and winning of . Portia. by . Bassanio. (and of Nerissa by Gratiano. ). B. . "Pound of flesh": Antonio becomes bound to . What is a memoir?. A subcategory of an autobiography (part of a life story). A personal narrative. A record of events based on the author’s recollection . A memory (From French . mémoire). A retrospective account of a memorable event. What is a memoir? . Memoir . tells a compelling story using truth, theme, 1st person POV narration, voice, and a fifth element—the M&Ms of writing, Memory and Musing.. 1. TRUTH. It . really happened. We know the trouble writers can get into by not remembering this. But the bigger dilemma is how not telling the truth leaves the reader; it not only weakens the relationship with the author, it destroys it. No longer trust them. This can be tricky because not everything in a memoir is word for word true. Who can remember exactly what their dad said at breakfast fifty years ago? Dialogue serves to further the theme.. Executive Advance. August 2015. 1. THE ART OF LEADERSHIP . Part 2. Towards The Making Of A Great . Nation.. Presented. . By:. . Dr.. David O. Oyedepo. Chancellor, Covenant University.