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It is a Hebrew word that more accurately describes what happened.
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Why is the Shoah in every synagogue?
The Hebrew word 'Shoah' means 'catastrophe' and is used by Jews to refer to the Holocaust. The word Shoah is not found in every synagogue.
What does shoah mean in english?
Shoah (שואה) means disaster. It is used for the English word "Holocaust".
How would a Jew describe the holocaust?
The word used by Jews for the Holocaust is "The Shoah" which means "calamity" in Hebrew.
What is the Jewish word for holocaust?
The word that you are looking for is 'Shoah'.
What is the word people say instead of saying holocaust?
The Holocaust is sometimes referred to as the Final Solution or as the Shoah.
What does shoah mean?
Shoah means catastrophe, great calamity. It is used by some for the Holocaust, in particular those who feel that the word holocaust has misleading religious implications. (Holocaust is derived from a Greek word meaning whole offering, burnt sacrifice).
Why did the Jews choose the word Holocaust?
The choice of the word holocaust was not specifically Jewish. In fact many Jews prefer the Hebrew word Shoah(catastrophe) because holocaust can have religious implications.
What is another name for what took place in the holocaust during world war 2?
You might be thinking of the word "Shoah", which is the Hebrew word for it. "Holocaust" is an English word.
What do the Jewish people call Hitler's final solution?
The Holocaust the hebrew word is shoah.
What do the Jews call the holocaust?
the shoah
What word do Jewish people prefer to use to describe the World War 2 holocaust?
Shoah.
How is the Holocaust referred to by Jews?
Many Jews (and also others) use the word Shoah as holocaust has a religious meaning as well as its other meanings. It originally meant 'whole burnt sacrifice'. 'Shoah' is Hebrew for '(great) catastrophe'.
