Morgan Longo, Alexa Giovanis, Maddie Kreber and Kayla Magill

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Began in Canaan
4,000 years ago
Founded by Abraham

 Sacred writings
 Torah
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 Talmud
Place of Worship
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 Temple/ synagouge
Sacred places
 Israel
▪ Jerusalem
 Dead Sea

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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

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Between 12-14 million followers
Located mainly in Israel
Spread through migration
Sacred writings
 Torah
 Talmud

 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

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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 16 th century and set up secret synagogues for
Jewish worship.
By the 19 th century, the Jewish community was almost wholly Orthodox, but still needed to gain acceptance as members of general society.

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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

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No after life
10 Commandments
Honoring the Talmud
Kosher

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

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Main conflicts arise from their location
 Middle Easter conflict
Crusades
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 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