*Judaism is the oldest major religion and the first religion to teach the belief in one god.

*Unlike many other religions there is only one kind of people who follow it--Jews.

*Christianity and Islam developed from Jusaism

*The Jewish holy book is the Torah.

*It is also what the Christians call the old testement.

*The persecution of the Jews in the 1930's was horrible and will be remembered forever. After being crushed in the economic disaster in the Great Depression and being totally defeated in WWI, the time was perfect for Hitler to take anti-Semitism, or hatred for Jews-to a whole different level. *Jews all over became victims of Hitler's awful laws such as those in Poland, Europe, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. It was an awful time for the Jewish people and in camps all over Germany and Poland Jews were being murdered by starvation, disease, beating, mutilation

*The faith of the Jewish people was tested greatly during the Holocaust.

*Canaan was later called Judah, Israel, and Palestine.

*Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish new year, which is celebrated in October, opens ten "Days of Awe". There is a celebration at the beginning and end of the two days.

*The Jewish year is filled with yearly festivals. They are all based on the Jewish lunal calendar.

*The second branch of Judaism is Reform. The Reform branch is extremely liberal and call their houses of worship "temples" and have begun to ordain female rabbis. They believe that the Mosaic law should not be followed to closely. The reform Jews still only believe in one God.

*The Israelites first began to see themselves in a special relationship with their God at about 1000 B.C.E. God had selected them to be a Chosen People. God had offered the Chosen People a covenant, or special agreement.

*Judaism was a parent of Christianity, and we probably know more about

Some common words found in the essay are:
, Reform Reform, Poland Jews, Chosen People, Festival Lights, Law Moses, Torah-True Judaism, Israel Palestine, Tabernacles Sukkoth, Day Atonement, chosen people, branch judaism, *the branch, fifty days, law moses, *the branch judaism, people follow, *the jewish, jewish people,
Approximate Word count = 657
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)