Judaism

1. Morgan Longo, AlexaGiovanis, MaddieKreber and Kayla Magill Judaism

2. Beginning • Began in Canaan • 4,000 years ago • Founded by Abraham

3. Sacred writings • Torah • Talmud • Place of Worship • Temple/ synagouge • Sacred places • Israel • Jerusalem • Dead Sea

4. Holy Days • Roshashana • Jewish New Year • Yom Kippur • morning the years mistakes • Sukot • Honor Israel’s enviornment • Passover • Celebrate Israelite freedom from Egyptians • Hannukah • Honoring of Israelite survival

5. Quick Facts • Between 12-14 million followers • Located mainly in Israel • Spread through migration • Sacred writings • Torah • Talmud

6. Subdivisions • Reform Judaism • During French Revolution • European Jews were finally recognized as citizens • As they left the ghettos and settled into the surrounding areas they picked up the way of life of the European people • Public schools, language, neglected Jewish duties • Denounced by other Jews • Does not strictly follow Jewish laws

7. Subdivisions • Orthodox Judaism • “Orthodox Judaism” is used as a more generic term to differentiate the movements following traditional practices from the Liberal Jewish movements and is the continuation of the beliefs and practices of normative Judaism • Both the written and oral tradition are of divine origin, which is believed to be the exact word of God and does not represent any human creativity or influence. • Believes that Jewish people left the slavery of Egypt and met Moses at a mountain called Sinai, where he gave them the Torah. • The first Jews to settle in England arrived with William the Conqueror in 1066. • Jews who had been forced by the Spanish Inquisition to accept Christianity arrived in London during the 16th century and set up secret synagogues for Jewish worship. • By the 19th century, the Jewish community was almost wholly Orthodox, but still needed to gain acceptance as members of general society.

8. Subdivisions • Conservative Judaism • It started in Western Poland in the city of Breslau, which is modern day Wroclaw in 1854 • Is traditional Judaism without fundamentalism, called “Masorti” which means traditional in Hebrew • Independent and a split halfway between Orthodox Judaism and Reform Judaism • Changes in the beliefs and values only if they coincide with Jewish tradition • The core values are: • Centrality of Israel; they not only think of Israel as the birthplace of the religion but as the final destiny • Hebrew is an irreplaceable language of Jewish expression • Devotion to all Jews; the Jewish community should be united worldwide and that every single Jew has ultimate significance • Study of the Torah; all Jews should read the Torah and experience Judaism through their own eyes instead of through the eyes of their ancestors • Belief in God

9. Major Beliefs • No after life • 10 Commandments • Honoring the Talmud • Kosher

10. Geography • Due to the Holocaust and Diaspora Jews became spread out. Now they have a large focus on the concentration of staying in one land.

11. Conflicts • Main conflicts arise from their location • Middle Easter conflict • Crusades • War between Muslims, Christian and Jewish people over the holy land • Have always had conflicts in regards to Christians wanting Jewish people to convert • Holocaust • Egyptians