Jews

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**Hanukkah is the best time of the year. We all love The Festival of Lights.

This is our star of david which is the symbol that represents us.**

This yarmulke is worn by men and makes the men like the high priest.

Marco Polo
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 * //Judaism was the start of monotheistic religions. This religion started monotheistic religions and Christianity then branched off of Judaism. Plus it has influenced many aspects of the Western Culture.// ||


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 * Judaism first began in Israel but now we are the 12th most popular religion in the world! Our group has many pastries and delicacies that are unique to us. This includes soofganiots and latkas. We also have Kashrut laws. These laws FORBID eating pork and shellfish; and dairy and meat must never be combined. Hanukkah is our main holiday, but we are also allowed to celebrate other holidays. Hanukkah, also called the festival of lights, is the holiday that remembers the maccaabes. Their temple was destroyed in 168 BCE and they rebuilt it and wanted to light a menorah. Only having a small flask and some oil to last one day they light it. To their surprise it stayed light for 8 days. This was amazing and we honor them every year. To honor them we all light menorahs and we eat some of our magnificent foods. One other thing we do is play dreidel. A driedel is a 4-sided top with a Hebrew letter on each side, this is then spun.

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 * Jews, we are the people of Judaism. Our religion was founded by Abraham a very long time ago. We have been persurcuted many times before but we stay strong and stay together. The day our religion was founded was the day Abraham was out and God spoke to him. He was 99 years old and this small conversation changed his life and ours. Today there are around 12-18 million jewish people. Our belief is monotheistic. We worship the great and wonderful God in synagogues.

Abraham discovers God and Judaism begins. This was when he was 99 years old and God spoke to him. He took his advice and began following him. This wonderful day changed the lives of many of us. //
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 * //1813-1638 B.C.E.

//1095 A.D. We are currently being attacked by Christian Crusaders. If you are in Europe right now HIDE!!! The crusaders want us to be baptized into christianity. Stay strong do not fall for them. Cologne currently is holding shelter for Jews. So get some where safe and be STRONG!//

//May 8th 1945 Holocaust ends finally and over 6,000,000 Jews had been persecuted. 1.5 milion of these Jews were children. This tragic event was a huge event and was horrible and devastating //We are all glad this whole thing is over. The few that have survived are currently looking for their families so if you see someone that is part of our jewish family ask them how they are doing and if they need any help finding loved ones. ||

-Spartacus ||
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 * //Thank you for not getting mad whenever someone would blame you for something.//

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