Glossary

Bloody Sunday

March 7, 1965. The day of a civil rights march which ended in disaster when Alabama state troopers charged the

A distinctive type of trousers worn in Argentina and Uruguay for riding and ranching. They are typically loose and baggy,

Usually referring to the ritual destruction of books and written texts in public ceremonies, book burning embodies the censorship and

The boundary between two countries or polities, appearing as a line on a map.

Seeking to stimulate the economy of Spain, improve commercial ties with its colonies, and streamline colonial administration, the Bourbon Reforms

the General Union of Jewish Workers in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia

A synagogue position that emerged in the Americas in the nineteenth century, with the advent of a synagogue choir. Unlike

The area of the Caribbean sea, the encircling coasts of North and South America, and the numerous islands therein.

The faith, practice, and church order of the Roman Catholic Church, with the Pope in the Vatican at the head

is a copy of the Torah printed in book form, instead of a scroll as in the Sefer Torah.

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