MelThrills: Is Judaism any different then being Jewish and if so, what are the differences?
I’m doing a project on Israel and I’ve noticed there’s Judaism and Jewish.. Are there differences, and if so, what are they?
Answers and Views:
Answer by Caboose
Jewish people practice Judaism, just like Muslims practice Islam.
If you are Jewish, you are a person who belongs to the religion Judaism.
Just like a Christian belongs to Christianity and a Muslim belongs to Islam.
Answer by Ruth Frost Cat JPAanswer: Not everyone in Israel is Jewish – there are Jews, Christians, Druze and Muslims.
Judaism is the religion, Jews are the members of the religion.
Answer by ☽☮★♥ Alphα Fєmmє Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄ƷThere are seven tribes of Jews, from which all of today’s Jews are descendents
There are at least two major cultural groups: Ashkenazim and Sephardic (depending on where they migrated to into Europe)
Additionally, there a Jews divided by where they live, Polish Jews, Israelis, New York Jews, etc
Then there are the Jews who celebrate their culture in different ways, Orthodox, Reform, etc…
Being a culture thats been around a VERY long time, there are now many different divisions.
There are Jews born into the religion (orthodox) instead of converting like myself. They will not eat pork or allow pork products (pig heart transplants, etc) into their body.
You will notice some wear the Yamakas (hats) and have trensels (those curly long locks on the sides of their heads) and long beards while others, do not.
However, one thing remains the same, throughout history, part Jew, whole jew, orthodox jew, etc. They were always a scapegoat. Very unfortunate.
I have been to Ramat Gan in Israel. Incredible city. A lot of war crimes, however. There was a bombings in Tel Aviv at a location that I was at two weeks PRIOR. Wow.
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