Tell me about jews? Their origin, etc. How do they practice their religion?

Answer 1

The origins of the Jews [1] is traditionally dated to around 1800 BCE [citation needed] with the biblical account of the birth of Judaism.

The Merneptah Stele, dated at 1200 BCE, is one of the earliest archaeological records of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where they further developed a monotheistic religion, Judaism, and enjoyed periods of self-determination. As a result of foreign conquests and expulsions starting in the 8th century BCE, a Jewish diaspora was formed. Defeats in the Jewish-Roman Wars in the years 70 CE and 135 notably contributed to the numbers and geography of the diaspora, as significant numbers of the Jewish population of the Land of Israel were expelled and sold to slavery throughout the empire. Since then, Jews lived throughout Europe, the greater Middle East and even in the Indian subcontinent, surviving discrimination, oppression, poverty, and even genocide (see the article anti-Semitism), with occasional periods of cultural, economic, and individual prosperity in various locations (such as the United States).

Until the late 18th century, the terms Jews and adherents of Judaism were practically synonymous, and Judaism was the prime binding factor among the Jews, although it was not strictly required to be followed in order to belong to the Jewish people. Following the Age of Enlightenment and its Jewish counterpart Haskalah, a gradual transformation occurred where many Jews came to view being a member of the Jewish nation as separate from adhering to the Jewish faith.

Answer 2

Sweet Sandy...I am a Jew, and there is nothing wrong with that. You call us terrorist..please tell why? I am most curious as to see what your views are on that. As for the question, there are many types of Jews, just are there are many types of Christens. Pagan Jews,Orthodox Jew, Humanistic Jews....there are so many, and they each have there own origins and religions. The main ideal behind it though is 1 God, who loves us all equally.

Answer 3

Jews are most inteligent people in the world - most of the scientists in USA are from Jews community, who are from Israel and best Enemy to Muslims world. Their population is very little, spread all over the world, including India esp. in cities like Bombay (Byculla) and Cochin (Mattancheri-Kerala), etc.

Answer 4

They worship some Muhammad that lead them away from the truth. They was once great, Jesus was a Jew, but they put more faith in Muhammad. They are from the First son of Abraham. The son that was promised a great Nation

They are terrorist, even if they don't want to see them self as that way.

Answer 5

see it in the bible or see it in the website. They are not muslims, they r not terrorists, they believe the one and only God., but like muslims they don"t accept Jesus Christ as their God. They still expect the Son of God will come one day as God promised them.

Answer 6

from adam & eve & the mosaic law

Answer 7

This is the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew
http://www.jewfaq.org/origins.htm

These are genetic studies:
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/12/6769
http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/Behar_contrasting.pdf#search=%22Jews%20%2B%20Behar%22
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10827385/
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?AJHG40097
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/tcgapdf/Thomas-AJHG-02-FMothers.pdf#search=%22Jews%20%2B%20Capelli%22
http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/43026_doron.pdf#search=%22Jews%20%2B%20Capelli%22
http://www.jogg.info/11/coffman.pdf#search=%22Jews%20%2B%20Capelli%22
http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/capelli2005.pdf
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v69n5/013033/013033.text.html
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tcga/tcgapdf/Nebel-HG-00-IPArabs.pdf#search=%22Nebel%20et%20al.%20%2B%20High%20Resolution%22

Too much information to copy and paste, so I just posted the links.

Answer 8

they like saving money