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1 day ago · What Is a Jew? Solving the Mystery of Jewish Identity. By Tzvi Freeman. A Jew is anyone who was born of a Jewish mother, or has undergone conversion to Judaism according to halachah (Jewish law). 285 Comments.
May 18, 2024 · Judaism has three main religious festivals. The three major events observed in Judaism are the Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. These religious practices all have connections to Jewish history. The Passover celebrates the Jews’ departure from Egypt, and freedom from slavery at Egyptian hands.
4 days ago · According to theologian James D. G. Dunn, four types of early Christianity can be discerned: Jewish Christianity, Hellenistic Christianity, Apocalyptic Christianity, and early Catholicism. The first followers of Jesus were essentially all ethnically Jewish or Jewish proselytes.
May 20, 2024 · An authoritative and accessible reference work for a twenty-first-century audience. Its entries, written by eminent scholars, define the spiritual and intellectual concepts and religious movements that distinguish Judaism and the Jewish experience; they discuss central personalities and places, formative events and enduring literary and cultural contributions and they illuminate the lives of ...
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2 days ago · Learning new words and phrases can be enjoyable, but when they're in a new language, they can also be daunting. If you'd like to build your own Jewish vocabulary, here are a few words and phrases that you can use in everyday conversation. Learn about this week's Torah portion, other sacred texts, find Judaism classes and more.
May 14, 2024 · More fundamentally, Judaism identified three distinct moral sensibilities each of which has its own voice and vocabulary. They are [1] the ethics of the king, [2] the ethics of the priest and...
May 3, 2024 · Sukkot, Jewish autumn festival of double thanksgiving that begins on the 15th day of Tishri (in September or October), five days after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is one of the three Pilgrim Festivals of the Hebrew Bible. The festival is characterized by the erection of huts made of branches.
