Judaism

Judaism and Christianity Religions in El Paso, Texas

Karla M. Ibañez

Axia College of University of Phoenix

The majority of the population in El Paso, Texas is of Hispanic ethnicity. The city also has a few Asian, Anglo and African American people. Other religions that are Christian denominations are the most followed in El Paso, Texas. The Catholic is the largest and most practices denomination in the area. There are plenty of places to worship for people who follow the Christian religion, but there are very few temples around the city that practice the Judaism religion.

The Judaism places of worship are on the West Side of El Paso, Texas. Temple Mount Sinai is a small beige building located on one of the wealthiest communities of the city. Temple Mount Sinai is located on the top of the mountains, it was built there because of the “high place” traditions and the significance that the term has to the Judaism religion that the temple was in that specific location. It is a one level building structured like a rectangle with a big white arch on the middle. The arch is filled with glass in the middle. On the front side of the building there was a statement which read in capital letters” THIS IS NONE OTHER THAN THE HOUSE OF GOD”. The inside of the building was beautiful. In the chapel, where the usual services are held, the first thing that that I noticed was a wall decoration of leaves made of a bronze-colored metal, and names scripted into each leaf . The walls came together in the front making it look is if it was a triangular-shaped room. The room had the 16 standard pews and on the front section there was a small stage with a pulpit. On the front section there was another small version of the arch that is outside on the top of the building. On each side of the room, the walls have a glass mural with stained pictures. The stained glass picture on one of the sides was of two tablets, and the numbers one through 10 written in Hebrew...