Jewish Temple Experience Paper

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After my experience with my first community assignment, I am eager to learn more about another group of society that I am not currently familiar with. As my second community assignment, I have chosen to go attend a service at a Jewish temple. While I was raised a catholic, I ended up straying away from religion when I got to the age that my parents let me decide if I wanted to attend church. Therefore, I do not even have much in depth knowledge of my own religion. However, I do have memories of Catholic Church services I had gone to as a child. I am interested to see how the religions differ. I look forward to gathering information from a first-hand experience and learn more about the Jewish faith.
I am unsure of the attire for the Jewish temple service, so I will need to research this to insure that I am dressed appropriately. As of now, I am planning on wearing nice, casual jeans along with a conservative blouse. I expect the other girls at the service to be dressed in the casual jeans and blouse as well. As for the boys attire, I also am expecting them to be wearing casual jeans also, with a button up shirts. I also know that the boys of the Jewish faith wear a circular cloth on their head. I do not know the name of this Jewish …show more content…
Including the outdoor appearance, the indoor decor, and look to see if there are distinct objects relating to the Jewish faith. I envision the design inside of the temple to be much like the catholic church I used to go to, just with different Jewish characteristics. I don’t picture there being a lot I am expecting the temple to have the rows of benches facing a podium where the members of the temple will stand to talk. I am interested to see if the Jewish temple service is run the same way as a catholic church in which one leader of the church gives the lecture of the service, or if the Jewish service is run a different

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