Jews believe in one God and do not attempt to humanize Him as Christians do, but their tradition has been to leave others to their own beliefs. Jews almost never excommunicate one of their members, nor have they ever in their history been on a crusade to root out heretics (Prothero, 2010, p
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are the three major "monotheistic" religions, meaning that they all worship the same single God. Further, they are all based on the historical and religious precedents set by Abraham, and are thus known as "Abrahamic" religions (Fisher, 2002)
In Judaism, the prophet was Moses, Christianity, Jesus, and Islam, Muhammad. However, it is here that one sees the first large divisions emerge -- for Judaism does not acknowledge Jesus or Muhammad, Christianity does not acknowledge Muhammad, nor does it restrict the role of Jesus to simple "prophethood," while Islam accepts both Moses, and Jesus as prophets (and not in any way divine), as well as Muhammad as the final "seal" of revelation (Makari, 1998)
" (Wikipedia, 2004). However, it is important here to note that whereas all of the "books" of the three faiths share similar origins as well as stories, Muslims consider the two previous revelations to be unreliable due to "tampering" that has occurred over the years (Massey, 2002) -- An assertion, of course, mainstream Jews and Christians take issue with, yet one that many historians of both faiths generally support
Perhaps one of the strongest veins that runs through all three religions is the universal abhorrence of all of them against polytheism and polytheistic practice. Further, although it seems that of the three, Judaism and Islam weighs in most heavily on the side of true monotheism (due to the emphasis in Christian doctrine on the notion of the Trinity), it is commonly understood that Christianity also is monotheistic in that the three aspects referred to in the concept merely refers to the complexity of God, rather than three separate gods (Sherrill, 1999)
Shaare Zion typically has an estimated 2,000 worshipers who attend its services Fridays and Saturdays for Shabbat making it one of the largest Sephardic synagogues in North America. The synagogue generally serves the Aleppo or (Halabi) descendants of the Syrian Jewish community, has been more than 50 years in existence and has hosted over ten thousand occasions including Brit milahs, Bar mitzvas, engagements and weddings (Rushefsky, Carolyn "Shaare Zion: The Synagogue That Nearly Wasn't Built
Eve has brought this curse on herself. God tells her, linking her negative actions to the negative effects that she has had an all of creation (Bernbaum, 1)
In beginning their search, many are lead directly to the Torah and the Bible. Within the Bible, the first group of women characters present include Eve (or Chavah in the Torah), who is noted as the mother of humankind as well as the four matriarchs of the Jewish people (Fishelov, 1)
In order to understand the limited role of women in synagogue life it is important to understand the nature of the mitzvot -- or commandments -- in Judaism and the aforementioned separation of men and women. Judaism has long-recognized that women are not required to perform certain commandments, and thus, their presence at certain commandments does not count toward group purposes (Rich, 1)
As a counter to the sinful presence of Eve, Judaism sets forth in its texts, the four matriarchs of the Jewish religion: Sarah, wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac; Rebecca, wife of Isaac, mother of Jacob and Esau; Rachel and Leah, wives of Jacob, mothers of several of his thirteen children. The Talmud comments that women possess a certain power, that, when properly cultivated, exceeds its counterpart in men (Wein, 1)
Today, the most recent figure of Jews in America lies between 6.4 million and 6.6 million individuals (Zeveloff, 1)
As the official state religion following the persecution of Christians after the death of Jesus Christ. In America, the establishment of various churches "was influenced by the experiences of European settlers who were forced to flee from established religion s in their homelands" (Baker, 257)
S. Constitution as designed by the "Founding Fathers" in the late 18th century (Eliade, 245)
e., Allah)," yet the main difference between Judaism, Christianity and Islam is that Muslims follow the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, while almost all Christians follow the teachings of Jesus Christ (Gilsenan, 178)
Constitution as designed by the "Founding Fathers" in the late 18th century (Eliade, 245). First of all, Christianity and Judaism share many similarities regarding the Scriptures, for the Jewish Bible (the "Tanakh") and the Christian Old Testament are nearly "the same in content yet are different in relation to their order;" also, "the history that is recounted in both of these works and the religious teachings are quite similar" (Hunt, 156)
For Jews and Christians, God is seen as the creator of all things; He is "righteous and holy and acts in a just, upright, moral manner, and hears and responds to the prayers of His believers," according to both Judaism and Christianity. And above all, "God's character for both Jews and Christians are revealed via God's self-revelation" (Kisch, 245)
In contrast, those that practice Judaism, as compared to Christians, tend to be socially and economically liberal and strongly support individual liberties with regard to many societal issues. However, Judaism also reflects "Enlightenment beliefs about the value and sanctity of each individual conscience," meaning that semi-Christian beliefs and practices were adopted by many Jews in Europe as a result of the spread of Enlightenment ideals during the middle years of the 18th century (Parratt, 212)
If the man has already been circumcised, a drop of blood may be drawn as a symbolism of the circumcision, in the Hatafat Dam Brit ceremony. Reconstructionist and Reform movements do not require circumcision of their converts (Epstein, 2009)
Reconstructionists embrace their heritage, but focus on spiritualism as opposed to doctrine. Sin is undefined, the Torah is studied along with modern philosophies, and "God is seen as the Life, Love and Intelligence of the universe" (Ergun, 2005, p
There is a mixing of Hindu mysticism with Jewish texts and prayers making the concept of God indistinct. Reconstructionist Judaism was founded by Mordecai Kaplan as an alternative for secular Jews, with his writing Judaism as a Civilization (Fusch-Kreimer, 2006)