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3 days ago · Jew, any person whose religion is Judaism. In a broader sense of the term, a Jew is any person belonging to the worldwide group that constitutes, through descent or conversion, a continuation of the ancient Jewish people, who were themselves descendants of the Hebrews of the Bible (Old Testament).
The Jews ( Hebrew: יְהוּדִים, ISO 259-2: Yehudim, Israeli pronunciation: [jehuˈdim]) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group [12] and nation [13] originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, [14] and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
The Jews are the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They became a people through a covenant with G‑d over 3,300 years ago. Abraham was the first to proclaim to the world that there is only one G‑d. He believed in a G‑d who is everywhere and yet beyond all things.
Approximately 14.7 million people worldwide identify as Jewish, with the vast majority living in either the United States or Israel. Jews come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities, and nationalities. There are black Jews from Ethiopia, Chinese Jews from Shanghai and Indian Jews. There are Jews from Morocco and Iran, Jews from South America and ...
Some elements of Jewish culture come from within Judaism, others from the interaction of Jews with host populations, and others still from the inner social and cultural dynamics of the community. Before the 18th century, religion dominated virtually all aspects of Jewish life, and infused culture.
A tour of Jewish history through the millennia, from our biblical fathers to the upheavals of the 20th century
Judaism is the world’s oldest monotheisticreligion. According to the Bible, Abraham and Sarahwere the first to recognize God, and they are considered the ancestors of all Jews today. Some people think that Judaism is a culture, like being Irish or Indian. Others view it as a religion.
