Glossary


Cherem: the Jewish equivalent of excommunication

Goy: a derogatory term for a non-Jew

Goyische: another form of goy

Lashon hara: slander

Maidanek: a concentration camp located in Germany

Smichha: a rabbinate

Yeshiva: a school for Orthodox Jewish men to study the Talmud


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