Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Judaism Powerpoint
Judaism Powerpoint
LeChaim!
Web resources
• Judaism 101: http://jewfaq.org/
”an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish
beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays,
practices and customs”
• ReligiousTolerance.org on Judaism:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/judaism.htm
• This P0werpoint presentation available at:
http://www.nvcc.edu/home/lshulman/Rel232/resource/judaism.ppt
Jewish Symbols
• Star of David
• Was on the shields of David’s warriors
• Symbol on the Flag of the state of Israel
• Used throughout the world as a clear and
unique identifying symbol of Jews and
Judaism
Menorah
• Means hello/goodbye/peace
• Comes from root word shalem which
means whole/complete
– Peace comes when there is wholeness,
completeness, unity.
• Pease is the eternal Jewish prayer—world
peace, peace between people, inner
peace, harmony.
Modern
Denominations
of Judaism