Social responsibility is the theory of responsibility built in a sequence of ethics.Where one’s decision could cause a change in others attitudes towards diversity. After a semester of expanding research skills and discussing our reading selection A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka we were introduced to an autobiography. Where the author gives a raw testimony to his experience inside the USSR and what he came to escape the Soviet Union. During the duration of the semester, we learned the diverse and complex elements that other cultures find important, in this case, the Jewish culture.
How does the culture from the Reading the Globe selection differ from your culture with respect to the topic you chose? In comparison to my research question, Reading the globe(name of book APA in-text citation) Describes Lev's own personal conflicts he faced for being Jewish. For example, Lev became a target…show more content…
How does your culture differ from the one you worked with?How are they the same? What struggles or issues does the culture you worked with have that you don’t? What action can you take to help address these issues or struggles? The Jewish religion has been persecuted with a baseless reason. Compared to my religion, Christianity has been oppressed by the Catholic religion, the controversy between one to many gods and saints remains to the particular religion view. Working with the Jewish religion has helped me gain insight into their past and their present. My culture compared to them are very different, our holidays differ greatly. For example, we celebrate Christmas as the day where our Christ was born, Jews don’t celebrate this day. In their culture, they celebrate Hanukkah a seven grace period where each day represents a different purpose. Yet it’s not hard to see that both our cultures are not so different, we praise and celebrate what we believe in and that is one common
This is our monthly recommendation from local Jewish educator Liza Wiemer …
A Backpack A Bear And Eight Crates Of Vodka: A Memoir
A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka opens with a depiction of breathtaking cruelty. But by the end, readers may feel breathless at the incredible kindness of strangers.” –Minneapolis Star Tribune “There’s a gem on every page of A Backpack, A Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka. Lev Golinkin has the skill and vision necessary to tell the story of a crumbling empire, and the soulfulness and flair to capture. For one, Golinkin's 'A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka' is fueled not by sly humor but by a potent cocktail of earnestness and anger. Anger at his Ukrainian peers who ostracized him.
“A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir”
By Lev Galinkin.Published by Doubleday. For young adults and adults
This is a harrowing, edge-of-your-seat memoir written by Lev Galinkin about his family’s challenging and inspiring journey out of the USSR to the United States in the 1980s. Knowing very little about Judaism, Lev’s childhood was marred by intense antisemitism, which shaped his identity well into adulthood. That hatred was his parents’ motivation fo leave the USSR. Readers will learn about the extraordinary measures taken by the Jewish community to provide for Lev and his family. But sometimes freedom isn’t enough. Sometimes, you have to look back and examine your past to understand your who you really are, what you want out of life, and what meaning it has relating o the person you are now. Lev Galinkin does exactly that in “A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir”Highly recommend.
A Backpack A Bear And Eight Crates Of Vodka Sparknotes
Educator and author Liza Wiemer, of Fox Point, has taught in nine of our Milwaukee Jewish religious schools and day schools. Her latest novel, “The Assignment,” is appropriate for ages 12 and up.