Holocaust Notes by Sean Copeland:

Citations:

Donaldson, Terence L. Judaism and the Gentiles. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007. 1-537. Print.

 

Hayes, Christine E. The Emergence of Judaism. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007. 1-167. Print.

 

Wikipedia contributors. “Judaism.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Feb. 2010. Web. 12 Feb. 2010.

 

     Pg. 89 Judaism and the Gentiles

• Judaism claims a historical continuity spanning well over 3000 years. It is one of the oldest monotheistic religions, and the oldest to survive into the present day. 

 

     Pg. 45 The Emergence of Judaism

• Its texts, traditions and values have inspired later Abrahamic religions, including Christianity, Islam and the Baha’i Faith.

 

•  Many aspects of Judaism have also directly or indirectly influenced secular Western ethics and civil law.

 

• Holy locations according to Judaism are Jerusalem, Safed, Hebron and Tiberias

 

• They have many holy figures just like christian religions

 

• Their holy figures are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah and Rabbinic Sages

 

• Every Jewish boy has a Bar Mitzva on their 13th birthday to signify that they have become a man

 

• All Jewish boys or men wear hats called Yarmulke, a hat that fits to the top of their head

 

• They believe that god put his laws into a book called the Torah, there are both oral and written passages from the Torah

 

• Major Jewish holidays include Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, they require people to fast or not eat for a certain period of time as a sacrifice to God

 

• Yom Kippur is also known as the Day of Atonement
• Yom Kippur is celebrated by fasting, intensive prayer and church services at the Synagouge 
• This all happens over a 25 hour period
• Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year
• It starts the first day of Tishrei and ends the morning of the second day of Tishrei