| A | B |
|---|
| synagogue | Jewish church |
| yiddish | a dialect of German and Jewish language |
| Hebrew | ancient language of the Jewish |
| afikoman | Matzoh wrapped and hidden |
| pograms | attacks or massacres |
| Passover | a celebration of the Freeing of the Jewish |
| Nuremburg Laws | Laws against the Jewish |
| Yahrzeit | Jewish blessing |
| steerage | lower part of a ship |
| Haggadah | Questions read at Sedar |
| Torah | Holy bood of the Jewish faith |
| Matzo | a type of bread without yeast |
| Yarmulke | small cap worn by Jewish men |
| Anti-Semitism | hateful feeling toward the Jewish |
| Kosher | foods that conform to dietary restrictions |
| Sedar | ceremonial dinner on 1st two nights of Passover |
| Malach Ha Maus | Angel of Death |
| historical fiction | based on true events with fictional characters |
| shadcan | marriage broker |
| badchan | fortune teller; entertainer |
| crematoria | where bodies were burned by the Germans |
| klezmer | Jewish band |
| Viosk | Poland; Fayge's village |
| Lublin | Chaya's home |
| Sherele | wedding dance |
| allusion | reference to a well known place |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like the word |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| idiom | an expression not to be taken literally |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things |
| simile | comparing two unlike things using like or as |
| personification | giving human characteristics to nonhuman entities |
| tone | the attitude the writer takes toward the reader, a subject or character |
| foreshadowing | clues that hint at things to come |
| flashback | thinking back to a previous time in a story |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| dialect | language that people speak in a particular regions |
| blokova | head prisoner in charge of others |
| goy | non-Jewish |
| schnell | fast;quickly |
