JUDAISM

Teaches that Judaism must be conformed to fit modern society

The sign of the Covenant between God and his people

The basis for Jewish mysticism

Presented a great existential threat to Judaism because of the attractiveness of their culture

Author of the 13 Principles of Judaism

Jews refer to the Bible as the

The "oral Torah"; the writings of the rabbis from about 200 BCE - 200 CE

The most solemn Jewish feast day

The largest branch of Judaism today in the United States

Celebrates the Exodus from Egypt

The term preferred by many Jews to the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis

The greatest king, author of the Psalms

Jewish New Year

Called by God to be the first patriarch of the Jewish people; also the father of Islam

Small Jewish villages in Easter Europe in the 18th-20th centuries

A ritual following death

Attached to the doorpost, it contains a scroll with the Shema

Author of the basic book of Kabbalah

The lack of a Jewish homeland for most of modern history

He received the Law at Mt Sinai

Literally "instruction"; the will of God revealed to mankind

The king who built the first temple

Allowed the Jews to return to Judea from their captivity in Babylon

Conquered the Southern Kingdom in the 5th Century BCE

A movement that was originally committed to the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland

The foundational book of Jewish mysticism

The "Day of Atonement"

Prayer shawl worn by observant Jewish males

God's name in the Bible in Hebrew equivalent letters

Head covering worn by observant Jewish males

Coming of age ritual for Jewish males

A form of Judaism that arose in eighteenth-century eastern Europe and emphasizes mysticism

The most basic prayer of Judaism

Took over rule of Palestine in the 1st Century BCE

Conquered the Northern Kingdom in the 8th Century BCE