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'''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. | ||
'''Civil registration''' – The official government recording of births, marriages, and deaths. In some cases church records were the primary registration of a locality (see “Civil transcripts”). | '''Civil registration''' – The official government recording of births, marriages, and deaths. In some cases church records were the primary registration of a locality (see “Civil transcripts” next). See also the [[Jewish Civil Registration|Jewish Civil Registration]] and [[Jewish Vital Records|Jewish Vital Records]] Wiki pages.<br> | ||
'''Civil transcripts''' – Government mandated copies of birth, marriage, and death records made by church officials or appointed Jewish officials. | '''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. | '''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 Turkey. 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 Turkey. 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 II, 1939–1945. | '''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. | ||