Morgan Longo, Alexa Giovanis, Maddie Kreber and Kayla Magill

 Began in Canaan  4,000 years ago  Founded by Abraham

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

 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

 Between 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

 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  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.

 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

 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.

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