judaism Flashcards
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all traced back to Abraham
abrahamic faiths
the binding of Isaac
akedah
hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people
anti-Semitism
circumcision, the removal of a baby boy’s foreskin at 8 days of age; Jews do this because God told Abraham to do this as a sign of the covenant
brit milah
an ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, corresponding roughly to Israel: the land that was promised to Abraham’s descendants
Canaan
Jews who preserve Jewish rituals and traditions, but are more flexible in interpreting Jewish laws than Orthodox Jews (sometimes called central orthodox
conservative Judaism
an agreement between God and the people, first established with Abraham and later with Moses
Convenant
all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation
culture
spread of people from their original homeland/ the dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel
diaspora
belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition
ethnicity
the escape of Jewish slaves from Egypt as told in the Torah
The Exodus
Means ‘God preserves’; name given to Jacob by God and today is the name of the Jewish state in the Middle East
Israel
satisfying the requirements of Jewish law.
kosher
Jewish laws. There are 613 mitzvot in the Torah and they guide Jews on how to live a good life.
mitzvot * (mitzvah – plural)
Jews who believe in maintaining traditional beliefs and practices and laws given by God
orthodox Judaism
