How is the dreidel used?

A dreidel is a little spinning top with four sides. Each of the four sides has a Hebrew letter that corresponds to the saying "A Great Miracle Happened There," where "there" refers to Israel (Fun fact: in Israel, the dreidels say "A Great Miracle Happened Here"). There is a gambling game you can play with it where each of the letters stands for the amount of coins you win.

The story has it that when Jews were not allowed to practice their religion, they kept a dreidel handy and pretended to be playing this game whenever they were in fear of getting caught. Were you concerned about differences in faith backgrounds when you chose to come to Wake Forest? I was a little worried about religious differences.

I knew that Wake Forest was historically a Baptist school, and I was unsure if that would make it uncomfortable as a Jewish student. When I entered as a freshman, I had a friend from home that was a junior, and also Jewish. She helped me out immensely through my first two years on ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.