Judaism
Religion of Israel
Judaism is the religion and cultural tradition of the Jewish people, one of the oldest monotheistic faiths.
It centers on the covenant between God and the Israelites, the Torah as sacred text, and observance of commandments governing ethics, worship, and daily life.
Judaism encompasses diverse movements—Orthodox, Conservative, Reform—with varying approaches to tradition and modernity.
She converted to Judaism before the wedding.
Jewish day of rest
- SabbathWeekly religious rest day
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- prayerAddress to deity
- mitzvahJewish law commandment
observance · kiddush · Havdalah · candlelighting · blessing · tefillin · tallit · mezuzah
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- scrollWound document of parchment
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- GenesisFirst biblical book
Exodus · Leviticus · Numbers · Deuteronomy · Pentateuch · Moses · Sinai · commandments
Scattered population sharing origins
- AshkenaziJews of European descent
- SephardiJew of Iberian descent
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
antisemitism · Holocaust · Shoah · pogrom · ghetto · exodus · aliyah · Zionism
Festival of liberation
- HanukkahEight-day Jewish celebration
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
- Rosh HashanahJewish calendar's start
- SukkotJewish autumn harvest commemoration
Purim · Shavuot · seder · matzo · menorah · dreidel · shofar · fasting
Ashkenazi Jewish language
- klezmerTraditional Ashkenazi folk music
- kippahTraditional Jewish head covering
- yarmulkeJewish ritual headcovering
- challahBraided ceremonial Jewish bread
latkes · gelt · shtetl · mazel tov · bubbe · chutzpah · mensch · kibbutz
Of food consumption
- pareveNeither meat nor dairy
- trefahRitually unfit to eat
- shechitaJewish butchering practice
- meatAnimal tissue for food
dairy · permitted · prohibited · kosher · slaughter · rabbinical · separation · blessing
Belief in one god
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- YahwehBiblical God's proper name
- AdonaiHebrew title for deity
- messiahProphesied liberator figure
prophets · chosen · theology · ethics · righteousness · repentance · afterlife · resurrection
Shabbat
Jewish day of rest
mitzvah · observance · kiddush · Havdalah · candlelighting · blessing · tefillin · tallit · mezuzah · mikveh
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- scrollWound document of parchment
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
Genesis · Exodus · Leviticus · Numbers · Deuteronomy · Pentateuch · Moses · Sinai · commandments · mitzvot
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
Israel · antisemitism · Holocaust · Shoah · pogrom · ghetto · exodus · aliyah · Zionism · covenant
Passover
Festival of liberation
- HanukkahEight-day Jewish celebration
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
- Rosh HashanahJewish calendar's start
Sukkot · Purim · Shavuot · seder · matzo · menorah · dreidel · shofar · fasting · atonement
Yiddish
Ashkenazi Jewish language
- klezmerTraditional Ashkenazi folk music
- kippahTraditional Jewish head covering
- yarmulkeJewish ritual headcovering
challah · latkes · gelt · shtetl · mazel tov · bubbe · chutzpah · mensch · kibbutz · hora
dietary
Of food consumption
meat · dairy · permitted · prohibited · kosher · slaughter · rabbinical · separation · blessing · supervision
monotheism
Belief in one god
messiah · prophets · chosen · theology · ethics · righteousness · repentance · afterlife · resurrection · Kabbalah
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Hinduism, bible
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism
- world religionsChristianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
Judaismantisemitism
Bigotry toward Jewish people
Nazism · Christianity · Islam · Catholicism · Protestantism
Judaismatheism
Rejection of deities
secularism · secular humanism · agnosticism · materialism · irreligion
- Reform JudaismProgressive Jewish religious movement
- Orthodox JudaismStrict adherence to Mosaic law
- Hellenistic JudaismJewish faith shaped by Greek culture
- Reformed JudaismProgressive Jewish religious movement
- Conservative JudaismModerate Jewish religious movement
- secular JudaismJewish identity without religious belief