1. Do Now
Who are the prophets from each religion? How are all three religions connected?

2. Ms. Baquedano
Judaism

3. Basics World’s oldest monotheistic religion
Ethnoreligous group –ethnic group whose members are also connected through a common religion
Name for God: Yahweh, or sometimes Adonai
Three different types :
Orthodox –
Conservative
Reform

4. Origins God spoke to Abraham and gave him the idea of one god
Abraham spread this idea but was persecute
Yahweh told Abraham they would find somewhere to practice freely, the promised land
Abraham and his followers wandered, landed in Egypt where they were enslaved
Moses came along and delivered his people from slavery
Given 10 commandments from Yahweh

5. Teachings Torah: Five books given to Moses, their bible
Talmud: Jewish laws
Religious Leader: Rabbi
Their goal is to seek knowledge and question

6. Idea of the promised land
Stated in the Torah the Jews will receive a promised land – place where they can practice freely
Some today feel that this is Israel, though many disagree
Where most Jews live

7. Timeline of Settlement
-Palestine
After Famine, Egypt
Freed from Slavery, Move to Israel
Forced to leave Israel, move to Rome
From Rome, spread to Europe, Russia
Jews begin coming into US
Holocaust happens, spread to S America, more to US
Country of Israel is created -

8. Jewish Persecution Egypt: Pharaoh enslaved Jews
Jews are persecuted in Rome after Jesus appears
1600’s Spanish Inquisiton – Jews are questioned, forced to convert, and killed
1800’s – Russian Pogroms where thousands are executed
1940’s – Nazi Germany puts Jews into concentration camps, kills 3 million