What is Judaism?

This is the Star of David. Some people see it as a negative image because its role in the holocaust. What it does represent sort of like a compass rose showing god has power of all directions.

Intro: Judaism is one of the largest religions practiced today. About 14 million people are proud to be part of this noble religion. It has become a key part of most of the world’s heritage today

How it began: in modern day Europe around 1300 BC by Abraham, according to the Torah Abraham was commanded by god to go to the land of Canon witch is roughly around Israel or Lebanon. During this time they wrought there holy book the Torah.

The followers: half of the followers of Judaism are in the United States, Israel and Europe. There over 14 million followers of the Jewish faith world wide.

Traditional clothing: some religion regulates them to wear pre-selected clothes. In Judaism some Jews have long side locks. They are not allowed to shave on holy days. Also they were a Yamaka to show that there ego is not bigger than their gods. Some modernized Jews do not fallow these traditions.


This is a Yamaka. It is a traditional Jewish hat worn to show their god is above them. i wish i had more time to learn about the Yamaka if you want to learn more here is a good site


Holy books: their main holy book is the Torah. The Torah, or otherwise translated in to instruction or teaching, is a book made up of the Jewish people’s experiences in captivity by the Babylonians and the Egyptians. It supports good morals and good deeds.Here is an interesting video of someone reading the Torah in Hebrew

Holidays: for their holidays they have the Jewish New Year witch is called Rosh hash Anqh. Also they have the Passover. On this holiday they tell of the exodus from forced enslavement in Egypt. They also have Sukkot a holiday of feasting.


These are Hanukkah candles. They are lit on Hanukkah which is the same date as Christmas. In the Jewish religion they do not celebrate Christmas because in the Christian faith it’s a holiday celebrates the first coming of Jesus. The Jewish people do not believe that Jesus was the saver

Rituals: they have lots of interesting rituals for funerals. They have to in some parts of the world Jewish people believe that they should be buried in a simple pine box. The funeral will be postponed for the Sabbath day. They postpone the funeral because they can’t work on the Sabbath day.

The Organization: the top of the social pyramid is the high priests. A little lower than them is the rabbi they are the religious teachers. Than it’s the counsel of judies that is made up of people important to the Jewish faith.

In conclusion I have learned that most of the religions share some of the same beliefs.

A bit random but this is a traditional Jewish dance it’s actually pretty interesting.