Judaism

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Population of Jews in the world!Total Sub-Saharan Africa

72,300

Asia

19,200

Total European Union

1,118,000

North America

5,650,000

South America

335,100

Australia

107,500

History

• Judaism is about 3500 years old which makes it the oldest of the monotheistic religions.

• Originated in Israel in Middle East.• It was founded in 1300 BC.• It was founded in Mesopotamia.• The founder was Abraham.

• Hebrew• The Hebrew Bible is called the Tanakh.• Which is divided into 3 sections. Torah Prophets Writings

Original Language

Basic Duties! • Spiritual leader- rabbi

• Place of worship-synagogue ("temple" in Reform Judaism)

• Day of worship- Saturday (Shabbat/Sabbath)

• Theism- monotheism

• Ultimate reality -One God (YHWH)

Continued…

• Human nature- created good

• Purpose of life -obedience to God

• How to live -obey the law and atone for sin

• Afterlife views -vary: Gan Eden, Gehinnom, nonexistence, or reincarnation

Article’s

• Though he approves of New York State’s new law allowing same-sex marriage, Rabbi Allan Schranz of the Sutton Place Synagogue, a Conservative congregation in Manhattan, will not officiate at a wedding ceremony for same-sex couples, pointing out that his reasons, though partly rooted in Jewish traditions, are mostly rooted in his personal traditions.

Among Conservative Rabbis, a Wide Disagreement Over Same-Sex Marriage

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/j/jews_and_judaism/index.html?offset=0&s=newest

Rabbi Menachem Youlus of Save a Torah Is Charged in Fraud!

• He described himself as a risk-taking rabbi who had been “beaten up, thrown in jail and gone $175,000 into debt” on “expeditions” to Eastern Europe. He said his mission was to rescue and restore Torahs that had been “wrenched from their communities during the Holocaust” and place them with congregations that would look after them.

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/j/jews_and_judaism/index.html?offset=0&s=newest

Symbols of Judaism

• The Menorah - The menorah is the oldest symbol of the Jewish faith. It is a seven branched candle holder.

• The Star of David - It is the best known symbol of the Jewish faith. The sign is based on the shape of David's shield or the symbol on his shield.

• Two oil paintings stolen by the Nazis 67 years ago from the walls of Poland’s National Museum in Warsaw were returned Thursday night to the people and government of Poland in a ceremony held at the Polish consulate in New York.

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http://www.forward.com/articles/143396/#ixzz1Z12jxMMC• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President

Obama for wearing a “badge of honor” by opposing the Palestinian bid for statehood.

Read more: http://www.forward.com/articles/143197/#ixzz1Z136gCfD

Current Happenings!

Terms!• Abraham- father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient

Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.

• covenant- an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.

• Diaspora- the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.

• ethical - pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.

• Monotheism-the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

• Hanukkah-a Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrated from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the 2nd of Tevet.

• Moses-the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness.

• Passover-an eight-day Jewish festival beginning on Nisan 15 and celebrated in commemoration of the passing over or sparing of the Israelites in Egypt, when God smote the firstborn of the Egyptians.

• Rabbi-a title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher.

• Rosh Hashanah-a Jewish high holy day that marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year, celebrated on the first and second days of Tishri by Orthodox and Conservative Jews and only on the first day by Reform Jews.

• Synagogue-a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction.

• Talmud-the collection of Jewish law and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara and being either the edition produced in Palestine a.d. c400 or the larger, more important one produced in Babylonia a.d. c500.

• Torah-the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.

• Yahweh- name of the Jewish god.

• The Wailing Wall -The Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the time of the Second Temple.

• Yom Kippur -a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue.

References

• http://www.mccookbison.org/MPS//Staff/Brent%20May/Index2.htm/HWH_Resources.html

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Yom+Kippur

• http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html

• http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/fastfacts.htm

• http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/02016/j_symbols.htm