Moral Compassion & The Jewish-American Writer

Compassion, the core of religion, the heartbeat of life. Yiddish culture, a world of values. The Jewish voice, the urban voice, the simple voice. The immigrant experience, a world permeated with love and responsibility --permeated with moral compassion. Humanist faith, passionate concern for ordinary people. Throughout his writing, Bernard Malamud uses Jewish heritage, speech patterns, and sensibilities to create an atmosphere of a world in which every life (mundane and sacred) matters. In your analysis, please consider how Malamud "consciously" reflects the ideal of moral compassion towards the ordinary man and woman. There is defiantly compassion portrayed through out both stories expressed through the eyes of this wonderful author. There is allot of obstacles faced throughout both of these stories that seems like it was  struggles in life experiences of himself. The are they are Arthur how to pattern of those elements that he used for other stories like love in resistance, and redemption. Mendel had a tough life, it seems like that experiences I read from his character being mentally disabled and suffering from that for the last 47 years to hit close to the other and really described in the way that it was maybe his brother or close person in his life experience this, that the author witnessed first hand. It brings a,sad element if Darwinism and survival to the fittest. The bearded guy name Ginsberg that represented the grim reaper was scary and made me think maybe the author was going for symbolized Ginsberg as a knazi. Will the half witted son survive without his father, in my opinion, yes. Could Muhammad’s father be as the same way the character of Mendel is. I enjoyed reading about Leo and his quest to find love, happiness, loyalty, and Rabbinical righteousness. I feel the author is trying to make a point about love. His point of of love of love is expressed through predestined situations, what was already predestined meant to be before you were born and not through arranged marriages or forced upon by a marriage broker or matchmaker. Destiny worked its magic and brought in brought the magic makers daughter to Leo buy a picture that he came across. Even though that Leo with your not to pursue his daughter because of that bad reasons and she's a bad girl he didn't anyways that's what love is and that's why it's predestined. The author seems also like he expresses that his practices and life as a student becoming a Rabbi could be very lonely at times and keeps you out of touch with a social life and society, which is even more lonely. Please post an initial analysis of at least 500 words.  In addition to your own initial analysis, please respond to five (5) of your classmates.  In your responses to your peers, write at least 3-4 thought-provoking sentences. Re: Moral Compassion & The Jewish-American Writer by Jacob Johnson - Sunday, November 11, 2012, 04:45 AM You bring up a good point about predestination. Salzman was very shocked that his daughter's photo was in with those other pictures. That surely is predestination. Especially the fact that she is a prostitute and now a rabbi wants to marry her. Her life is predestined and she will make a turn around because of God's will for her life. Good post.