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    Judaism Summary

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    traditional Jews. Some Jews see Judaism as participating in their lifestyle rather than a strict adherence to the halakhah‚ its rituals and beliefs. Others follow the Halakah and its prescriptions on everyday behaviour. Professor Yehoshua Leibowitz believes that the Torah plays a big role. He sees Judaism depending on it as it is the only thing that gave Judaism its continuity and preserved its identity. (Unterman 1999) ‘All the different changing ideas and opinions in Judaism were only supra-structures

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    Christianity and Judaism

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    Do you think Christianity and Judaism are the same? Do you think they are different? They both have many similarities such as a prayer leader. A difference is that the prayer leader for Christianity is a Priest and in Judaism is a Rabbi. Though there are differences it still doesn’t change the fact that the search for morality and values are also very similar. Judaism and Christianity are similar yet‚ they have a multitude of differences. Christianity and Judaism are very similar. Both of these

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    Branches of Judaism

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    Branches of Judaism I didn’t know that there were three different branches of Judaism before this course. The only thing I really knew about it was that they have a ceremony when a child becomes a man. The major branches that we learned about were Modern Orthodoxy‚ Conservative Judaism‚ Religious Zionism‚ Reform Judaism and Ultra Orthodoxy. Their methods and overall teachings are very diverse. The Modern Orthodoxy branch is essentially the core of Judaism‚ similar to Protestants in Christianity

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    Origin of Judaism

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    Question 1: Explain the beginning of Judaism. Judaism originated with three men‚ known as the patriarchs. These men were Abraham‚ his son Isaac‚ and his grandson Jacob. Abraham was born in the city state of Ur by the name Abram. Abram’s father was Terach. In Terach’s time‚ people worshiped idols and a monotheistic religion did not exist. They worshiped idols. When Abram was a little boy‚ he took a hammer and broke all of the idols with a hammer except for the largest one‚ and told his father

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    Reform Judaism

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    focus of this paper will be to examine the support and perpetuation of homosexuality by Reform Judaism‚ the devastating impact of this support on the individual and familial identity of Reform Jews‚ and the steps that must be taken to preserve return American Reform Jews back to their Jewish heritage. Family and community have been a central component of Judaism since the Creation. Traditional Judaism draws from the story of

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    Judaism Religion

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    Judaism Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. Judaism tells the people what they should and should not do as it is written in the Torah. Not all Jews have the same beliefs or do exactly the same things‚ this does not mean that their belief in Judaism is wrong‚ it is just different. Judaism has been around for thousands of years. During that time‚ Jews have moved to many different places and rules have been changed a bit. However‚ the main ideas of Judaism have never changes which are God

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    Christianity and Judaism

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    Christianity has a close relationship with Judaism; though Christianity started in the 1st century while Judaism started at 1500 B.C.E. These two religions are well known and have been seriously practiced for decades. Also‚ having similar beliefs/laws‚ deity‚ major works‚ and even how salvation is reached. These religions are still found all over the world teaching millions of people their way of life. The roots of Christianity can be found in Judaism; therefore it’s not surprising that the

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    Judaism Essay

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    a sin offering.”                 The book of Genesis starts with God creating the world in six days. That’s where Judaism comes in. It can be traced back to the beginning of mankind. It has been around for centuries and is still a big religion today. Although nothing has changed they don’t sacrifice animals anymore. By historians‚ Jewish History is considered as “Biblical Judaism.”               There are many leaders for the Jewish. One of the leaders was Moses. Moses led the Israelites out

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    The origins of Judaism

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    Examining Monotheism within the origins of Judaism Judaism today is considered as one of the oldest monotheistic religions today. The religion dates back four thousand years ago‚ rooted in the ancient region of Canaan which is present day Israel and Palestine. Judaism traces its custom to the covenant God made with Abraham and his lineage‚ that God would make them a sacred people and give them a holy land. The primary figures of Israelite culture include the patriarchs Abraham‚ Isaac‚ Jacob‚ and

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    Judaism and Masada

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    Israel. It is strange that a place known only because 960 Jews committed suicide there in the first century C.E. should become a modern symbol of Jewish survival. Let me examine the story of the fall of Masada and to do so I will begin to examine the events that led to the uprising and ultimately the fall of the fortress. Wars between the Jews and Romans: the War of 66-70 CE: There have been several military engagements between the Jews and the Romans around that period which led ultimately to the

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