whom r the jewish?

Answer 1

Jews are followers of Judaism an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and from converts who joined their religion. Although the total number of Jews is difficult to measure and controversial, most authorities place the number between 12 and 14 million, the majority of whom live in the United States and Israel.

Jews and Judaism

The origin of the Jews is traditionally dated to around 1800 BCE 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 in India, surviving discrimination, oppression, poverty, and even genocide 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.

The Hebrew name "Yehudi" (plural Yehudim) came into being when the Kingdom of Israel was split between the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. The term originally referred to the people of the southern kingdom, although the term B'nei Yisrael (Israelites) was still used for both groups. After the Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom leaving the southern kingdom as the only Israelite state, the word Yehudim gradually came to refer to people of the Jewish faith as a whole, rather than those specifically from Judah. The English word Jew is ultimately derived from Yehudi . Its first use in the Bible to refer to the Jewish people as a whole is in the Book of Esther

Judaism guides its adherents in both practice and belief, and has been called not only a religion, but also a "way of life," which has made drawing a clear distinction between Judaism, Jewish culture, and Jewish nationality rather difficult. In many times and places, such as in the ancient Hellenic world, in Europe before and after the Enlightenment , and in contemporary United States and Israel, cultural phenomena have developed that are in some sense characteristically Jewish without being at all specifically religious. Some factors in this come from within Judaism, others from the interaction of Jews with others around them, others from the inner social and cultural dynamics of the community, as opposed to religion itself.

Answer 2

ok,,, a million. A switched over Jew continues to be a Jew with the same rights as someone born Jewish. 2. Bloodlines are important for figuring out tribes, yet you need to understand the most important element of being a Jew is that WE SIGNED A HOLY settlement WITH G-D. We made a Covenant with G-d to uphold the Torah and obey G-d's regulations. 3. you need to also do not ignore that Jews are the basically faith which believes all and sundry can attain Heaven regardless in the experience that they are Jewish or not, basically with the help of obeying the Noahide Commandments.

Answer 3

As to the people who claim the Jews run the media and economy I just want to say that Jews are less .2%, not 2, but point two percent of the world. To say they control the media and economys is like saying martians are over running the Earth, because there are so many of them here.

Their are a lot of Jews who have done well for themselves and are famous, but most people don't realize how few their really are. a few million in a world of over 6 billion.

Answer 4

Do you mean to ask 'who' are the jewish? The answer is the jewish people!

Answer 5

Well; I'm one.
We are the people who follow Genesis through Malachi as our way of living, & we serve the G-d of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob.
We eat kosher & observe the Sabbath from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
We believe G-d is one as opposed to the Christian G-d.

Answer 6

Hebrews. God's chosen people. The people of Israel. Those who believe that the messiah will come for the first time.

Answer 7

Me. I am Jewish:)

Answer 8

Us are the Jewish. :)

Answer 9

Hebrews, the chosen people of God.

Answer 10

The people who run the media.