Characteristics of Judaism 

Judaism includes culturalaspectscultural aspects, which makes it more than just a religion

Some Jewish choose to keepkosherkeep kosher

Kosher = dietary restrictions such as:

  • no mixingmeatanddairymixing meat and dairy
    • some people have different plates to ensure meat and dairy don’t mix
  • no eating porkpork
  • no bloodblood
    • meat must be drained out so that there isn’t a lot of blood in it
  • no shellfishshellfish
    • avoid bottom feeders

Jewish live all over the World but originated and feel mostconnectedtoIsraelmost connected to Israel

Judaism was foundedbyAbrahamfounded by Abraham, IsaacIsaac and MosesMoses helped to start it

Jewish worship from a bible

  • Their biblebible is called the TorahTorah and is the First Five Books of Moses
  • Torah = The Old Testament

Judaism is the motherreligiontoChristianityandIslammother religion to Christianity and Islam

All branches practice Matrilineal Descent

  • matrilinealdescentmatrilineal descent = if someone’s mom is Jewish, they are considered to be Jewish

A person can convertconvert to Judaism and be consideredafullJewishconsidered a full Jewish

The languages of Judaism are HebrewandYiddishHebrew and Yiddish

  • yiddish = an Eastern European dialect

Judaism was the firstmonotheisticfirst monotheistic religion

Jewish follow the same 10commandments10 commandments as Christians

There are 4branches4 branches of Judaism

  1. Hasidic
  2. Orthodox
  3. Conservative
  4. Reform

JEWISH ARE NOT A RACE! They are a religion,culture,andethnicityreligion, culture, and ethnicity

All branches of Judaism worship in a Temple or SynagougeSynagouge