Zuz (an ancient Jewish coin) made during the Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-135 CE). The front reads in Hebrew “to the Freedom of Jerusalem” and the back reads “Year two to the freedom of Israel”
Judaism itself is a secluded religion. It doesn’t proselytize people and doesn’t seek converts, which is why Judaism is an ethnoreligion and Jews are an ethno-religious group. Not all Jews practice Judaism but the two are deeply and historically intertwined and would not exist without each other
Commanded to believe in God. Like I said, I’m not overtly religious (as in I largely don’t take the Tanakh at face value, I often don’t keep kosher, and don’t keep the sabbath), but I do honor HaShem as our God
I don’t consider myself to be very religious by any means necessary. I view the Bible through a mostly mythological lens and the Torah was written historically to solidify and preserve Jewish culture and society
But as a Jewish person, I still fill special in a way, and for some reason I feel
I don’t know why but Psalm 137 speaks to me the most, but I also find it extremely haunting
Yes no problem at all. I feel like Judaism is a very complex religion and when I myself get confused by it at times and need to read about it a lot. And I feel like the best thing to do is debate/discuss it so more people understand it
I know you don’t mean it offensively, but my main point was simply that the core belief of Judaism is that God established a covenant with us and we have a special relationship with him
The covenant is the foundational principle of Judaism. Are you insinuating that Judaism + Jews are a problem in the world since the covenant with God is the core part of the religion?
Well the covenant between God and the Jewish people is God’s ultimate loyalty, devotion, and is an everlasting relationship between the two. It also states the people of Israel (Jews) are a nation, promises the holy land, and historically this makes Jews a distinct and unique people
Literally 80% + of American Jews are Zionists
Tell me how Jews at a synagogue deserved to be killed
Piece of shit
US bases around the world are good actually
This isn’t Christian lmao
The rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem has long been part of the Jewish faith ever since the second one was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. One of the specific requirements of the messiah in Judaism is to rebuild the sanctum
This has nothing to do with Jesus
Weird behavior
Because of course
What do you think of Judaism and the covenant between God and the Jewish people
Iran is still a barbaric terrorist regime, thanks for asking
Ehh
A mosaic depiction of King David playing the lyre from the ancient Gaza Synagogue. The mosaic dates to the year 508/509 and the synagogue was built under Byzantine rule in the 6th century in the ancient port Maiumas of Gaza city. The synagogue was destroyed in a fire in the 7th century
Holy anti semitism
David and Isaiah for example) and on the flip side, and while I am not a Christian, Jesus as well absolutely did exist and denying his existence is ridiculous and fringe
Anti religion people are very funny to me. I’m not even talking about theological aspects that can and should be debated, but about people denying history. Like you can oppose some aspects of a religion, while realizing its history to be true (for instance, many figures actually existing, such as
Not even a clippers fan (the complete opposite) but this logo was so much cleaner and better imo
A mosaic from the ancient Jewish synagogue Beth Alpha in Beit She’an, Israel. The synagogue was completed in the 6th century CE, under Byzantine rule. This mosaic depicts the binding of Isaac, with Hebrew labeling the aspects of the scene
The ayatollah literally was our enemy lmao
Jesus quite literally did exist
I can only imagine how beautiful the second temple looked in person in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
It’s legitimately crazy how the construction and destruction of the temple fundamentally altered Jewish life permanently
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
The Zaniomanskaja Synagogue was a Wooden Synagogue in the city of Grodno, Belarus. It was built in 1750 in the then Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was damaged by a fire in 1899, but rebuilt. It was destroyed by the Germans during WW2, where 90% of Belarusian Jews were killed
Because you are + communism is evil
