JUDAISM *There are approximately 13 Million people that follow Judaism today. *Judaism is the oldest major religion and the first religion to teach the belief in one god. *Unlike many other religions there is only one kind of people who follow it--Jews. *Christianity and Islam developed from Jusaism *The Jewish holy book is the Torah. *It is also what the Christians call the old testement. *The persecution of the Jews in the 1930’s was horrible and …showed first 75 words of 666 total…

…showed last 75 words of 666 total…should not be followed to closely. The reform Jews still only believe in one God. *The last branch of Judaism is the conservative branch which lies in the middle of the Orthodox and the reform branches. They retain the essentials of Judaism and hold that personal conscience must be the final rule of life, and the always try to apply the Jewish tradition to modern day life. *There is also the Reconstructionist and Hasistic branches.