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Global
Judaism
8
History
7th Grade
01/02/2006

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Term
polythiestic
Definition
believe in more than one god
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the torah
Definition
the jewish holy book
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the synagogue
Definition
the place that Jewish people go to Friday night and Saturday morning
Term
the branches of Judaism
Definition
Orthodox- traditional
Reform- modern liberal
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the founder of Judaism
Definition
Abraham founded the Jewish religion about 4000 years ago
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a couple of names for God
Definition
Adoni
or
Eloim
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Diaspora
Definition
thousands of Jews were displaced a little more than 2000 years ago
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Holocaust
Definition
During the 30's and 40's, the Nazis controlled everyone. Jews were taken to concentration camps. Hitler wanted to perform genocide on Jews and he was nearly successful. 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust
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