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'''Cantor (chazzan)''' – The person who leads a Jewish congregation in prayer. The cantor usually has a trained and pleasing singing voice because much of the Jewish religious service is sung. | '''Cantor (chazzan)''' – The person who leads a Jewish congregation in prayer. The cantor usually has a trained and pleasing singing voice because much of the Jewish religious service is sung. | ||
'''Chasidic (Hasidic)''' – A branch of Orthodox Judaism that maintains a lifestyle separate from the non-Jewish world and | '''Chasidic (Hasidic)''' – A branch of Orthodox Judaism that maintains a lifestyle separate from the non-Jewish world and emphasizes personal experiences and mysticism as well as a strict rabbinic interpretation of Jewish law. | ||
'''Circumcision''' – A Jewish rite performed on male infants as a sign of inclusion in the Jewish religious community. | '''Circumcision''' – A Jewish rite performed on male infants as a sign of inclusion in the Jewish religious community. | ||
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'''Civil transcripts''' – Government mandated copies of birth, marriage, and death records made by church officials or appointed Jewish officials. See the [[Jewish Civil Registration|Jewish Civil Registration]] Wiki page. | '''Civil transcripts''' – Government mandated copies of birth, marriage, and death records made by church officials or appointed Jewish officials. See the [[Jewish Civil Registration|Jewish Civil Registration]] Wiki page. | ||
'''Concentration camp''' – Places of incarceration where those detained had no due process and where the regular laws of the land were not recognized. See the [[Jewish Holocaust|Jewish Holocaust]] and | '''Concentration camp''' – Places of incarceration where those detained had no due process and where the regular laws of the land were not recognized. See the [[Jewish Holocaust|Jewish Holocaust]] and [[Jewish Concentration Camps|Jewish Concentration Camps]] Wiki pages. | ||
'''Confirmation''' – A ceremony performed in some Reform and Conservative synagogues to replace or supplement the bar mitzvah. | '''Confirmation''' – A ceremony performed in some Reform and Conservative synagogues to replace or supplement the bar mitzvah. | ||
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'''Eastern Jews (Oriental Jews)''' – Jews descended from ancient communities in Islamic lands, North Africa, Persia, Arabia, Yemen, and Türkiye. This term is often applied to Jews who do not fit into the Ashkenazic or Sephardic distinction. These groups are relatively small and not many of them have emigrated to North America. | '''Eastern Jews (Oriental Jews)''' – Jews descended from ancient communities in Islamic lands, North Africa, Persia, Arabia, Yemen, and Türkiye. This term is often applied to Jews who do not fit into the Ashkenazic or Sephardic distinction. These groups are relatively small and not many of them have emigrated to North America. | ||
'''Holocaust, Jewish''' – The genocidal murder of European Jews by the Nazis during World War | '''Holocaust, Jewish''' – The genocidal murder of European Jews by the Nazis during World War II, 1939–1945. See the [[Jewish Holocaust|Jewish Holocaust]] and [[Jewish Concentration Camps|Jewish Concentration Camps]] Wiki pages. | ||
'''International Tracing Service''' – An organization founded in 1946 and operated since 1955 by the International Red Cross. The aim of the ITS is to collect information on those who were missing, deported, or incarcerated in concentration camps. | '''International Tracing Service''' – An organization founded in 1946 and operated since 1955 by the International Red Cross. The aim of the ITS is to collect information on those who were missing, deported, or incarcerated in concentration camps. | ||
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'''Pages of Testimony '''– A preprinted form available from Yad Vashem that documents a Jewish person who died in the Holocaust. The forms are filled out by people who are able to provide information on the fate of Holocaust victims. See the [[Jewish Holocaust|Jewish Holocaust]] Wiki page. | '''Pages of Testimony '''– A preprinted form available from Yad Vashem that documents a Jewish person who died in the Holocaust. The forms are filled out by people who are able to provide information on the fate of Holocaust victims. See the [[Jewish Holocaust|Jewish Holocaust]] Wiki page. | ||
'''Pale of Settlement (Pale of Jewish Settlement)''' – Western area of the Russian Empire where Jews were legally allowed to live. It began with the first partition of Poland in 1772 and existed until World War | '''Pale of Settlement (Pale of Jewish Settlement)''' – Western area of the Russian Empire where Jews were legally allowed to live. It began with the first partition of Poland in 1772 and existed until World War I. See the [[Jewish Population Maps|Population Maps]] Wiki page. <br> | ||
'''Pinkas''' – A register of a Jewish community in which the proceedings of and events related to the community are recorded. | '''Pinkas''' – A register of a Jewish community in which the proceedings of and events related to the community are recorded. | ||
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