In search of true religion!

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The first in a series exploring religious topics from a Jewish point of view.

SOURCES
Jews for Jesus: Statement of Faith http://www.jewsforjesus.org/about/statementoffaith

Messianic Judaism: Jews for Jesus http://www.religioustolerance.org/mess_jud3.htm

Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

http://www.jcrcny.org/pdf/sdpp/MEETINGTHECHALLENG2.pdf

Portland Jews Brace for Assault by ‘Jews for Jesus’

http://torahatlanta.com/IntheNewsArticles/Portland.html

The Harvest: Statement of Faith http://www.graftedin.com/statementFaith.html

So, What Exactly is a Messianic Congregation?

http://rabbiyeshua.com/articles/2001/mcongregation2.html

The Mission, Vision, & Purpose of the Jerusalem Council http://jerusalemcouncil.org/midrash/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=61

MJRC: Authoritative Sources in Halakhic Decision Making

http://www.ourrabbis.org/main/content/view/14/26/

Aish HaTorah: Why Dont Jews Believe in Jesus?

http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/jewishsociety/Why_Jews_Dont_Believe_In_Jesus.asp

Messianic Judaism: Opposition from the Jewish Community http://www.religioustolerance.org/mess_jud4.htm

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http://abrahamsfaith.blogspot.com Casual conversion with new friend about how I ended up from Louisiana to being an Orthodox Jew in Israel.

סיפור של גר צדק מדרום ארה”ב.

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Judaism is the “religion, philosophy, and way of life” of the Jewish people. Judaism, originating in the Hebrew Bible (also known as the Tanakh) and explored in later texts such as the Talmud, is considered by Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God developed with the Children of Israel. According to traditional Rabbinic Judaism, God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah. This was historically challenged by the Karaites who maintain that only the Written Torah was revealed, and, in modern times, liberal movements such as Humanistic Judaism may be nontheistic. The Hebrews / Israelites were called (referred to) as Jews, already, as early as in the Book of Esther. The term Jews replaced the title “Children of Israel.”

Judaism claims a historical continuity spanning more than 3,000 years. It is one of the oldest monotheistic religions, and the oldest to survive into the present day. Its texts, traditions and values have inspired later Abrahamic religions, including Christianity, Islam and the Baha’i Faith. Many aspects of Judaism have also directly or indirectly influenced secular Western ethics and civil law.

Jews are an ethnoreligious group that includes those born Jewish and converts to Judaism. In 2007, the world Jewish population was estimated at 13 million, of whom about 40% reside in Israel and 40% in the United States. The largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism. A major source of difference between these groups is their approach to Jewish law. Orthodox and Conservative Judaism maintain that Jewish law should be followed, with Conservative Judaism promoting a more “modern” interpretation of its requirements than Orthodox Judaism. Reform Judaism is generally more liberal than these other two movements, and its typical position is that Jewish law should be viewed as a set of general guidelines rather than as a list of restrictions whose literal observance is required of all Jews. Historically, special courts enforced Jewish law; today, these courts still exist but the practice of Judaism is mostly voluntary. Authority on theological and legal matters is not vested in any one person or organization, but in the sacred texts and the many rabbis and scholars who interpret these texts.

American Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are American citizens or resident aliens of the Jewish faith and/or Jewish ethnicity. The Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews who emigrated from Central and Eastern Europe, and their U.S.-born descendants. A minority from all Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and a number of converts. The American Jewish community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions, as well as encompassing the full spectrum of Jewish religious observance.

Depending on religious definitions and varying population data, the United States is home to the largest or second largest (after Israel) Jewish community in the world. The population of American adherents of Judaism was estimated to be approximately 5,128,000 (1.7%) of the total population in 2007 (301,621,000); including those who identify themselves culturally as Jewish (but not necessarily religiously), this population was estimated at 6,489,000 (2.2%) as of 2008. As a contrast, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics estimated the Israeli Jewish population was 5,664,000 in 2009 (75.4% of the total population).

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A brief answer to those who are wanting to know how conversion is done in Judaism.

Video Recommendations:
Jews To Discourage Potential Converts & Avoid Teaching Noahide Law?(Part 1)

Jews To Discourage Potential Converts & Avoid Teaching Noahide Law? (Part 2)

Website Recommendations:
BecomingJewish.Org
www.becomingjewish.org

Conversion to Judaism Resource Center
www.convert.org/

Eternal Jewish Family
www.eternaljewishfamily.org/

Orthodox Conversion to Judaism
www.geocities.com/orthodox_conversion_to_judaism/

The Conversion Process
www.angelfire.com/al/AttardBezzinaLawrenc/converting.htm

Chabad
www.chabad.org

Orthodox Union
www.ou.org

Masorti Olami
www.masortiworld.org/

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My 2nd video – recommendations for websites and Jewish books.

Visit www.chabad.org and www.askmoses.com for awesome answers and information!

My Tanakh is the JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh printed by the Jewish Publication Society in 2003, it’s the second edition. Don’t know if the same one is still around – I got at a very large Borders store in ’03.

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Here are some books on Judaism I own that I recommend to anyone who’s in the same position as me, or wanting to further their own Jewish education. They go from basic to more advanced, but all of them are interesting! Here’s the list, in order, from my video:

The Jewish Book of Why – Alfred J. Kolatch
Hasidic Tales – Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Everyman’s Talmud – Abraham Cohen
To Be a Jew – Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin
The Jewish Study Bible – Jewish Publication Society

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Judaism for Gentiles! Transitional Judaism!
Consider Judaism..
with Asher Meza
of BeJewish.org

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The first video of this series explores the topics of who is a Jew and what is Judaism.

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