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The first language spoken by the Jewish people was Hebrew, which was a mix of Canaanite and Aramaic. Just like in The Chosen the Germanic Jews spoke Yiddish. In Israel today the two major spoken languages are Hebrew and Arabic.

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According to the Diaspora Affairs Ministry's statistics, there are 14.4 million Jews in the world, with 6.3 million in Israel and the rest are in different parts around the world. Israel has the most number of Jews in the world at 6.3 million while the United States has somewhere between 5.3 and 7 million Jews.

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The Origin and History of the Jewish People and other Ethnoreligious Groups.

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Today we're going to look at the history and origin of the Jewish people and other ethnoreligious groups that many people might not know about.

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Moses, Aaron, and Miriam were the leaders of the Children of Israel during important times of Jewish history including the Exodus from Egypt and the 40 years before the Jewish people found the Promised Land. Moses was the prophet of Judaism. Aaron was Moses' older brother and he tended the sacrifice altar.Miriam was Moses and Aaron's older sister.

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Jews actually have terms they use for non-Jews and are used in negative ways. Some insulting terms for non-Jews are shiksa (feminine) and shkutz (masculine). These words are derived from the Hebrew root Shin-Qof-Tzadei, meaning loathsome or abomination. The word shiksa is most commonly used to refer to a non-Jewish woman who is dating or married to a Jewish man, which should give some indication of how strongly Jews are opposed to the idea of intermarriage. The term shkutz is most commonly used to refer to an anti-Semitic man. Both terms can be used in a less serious, more joking way, but in general they should be used with caution.

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Though Jews never judged for anything but the behavior of Gentiles, or non-Jews, the behavior of the Gentiles heavily influenced the Jews. The Gentiles were and are the ones influencing their own reflection of how the Jews see them.
Over time Jews were a major target for other kinds of people. For example, WW2 was about Nazi Germany executing the Jews but also other types of people. The Jews were blamed for many problems that had nothing to do with them. This, however, was just one example of the Jewish people being hunted down for their religion.

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In 2011 Yehuda Krisnky sat at the head of the proverbial table for passover. He was the most powerful authority in America in the national Jewish community.
He was a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement considered to be the most dynamic force in Jewish Life today

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In the Mishnah and Talmud we find 3 titles
- Rabbi: person borne by the sages of the Lord of Israel
- Rab: the Babylonian sages, who received ordination in their schools in the diaspora went by this
- Rabban: reserved for the patriarch, the nasi or the president of the rabbinical court

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Def: A teacher of Judaism
Term Breakdown: derived from "rav" - "great man" or "teacher"

A rabbi is there to service his community and provide them in all areas of their life.
- Some people may need some guidance in their religious observances and other may need guidance in their social lives like marriage troubles.

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Women hold Jewish positions of respect. For example, Miriam was one of the liberators of the children of Israel.
Also seven of the fifty-five prophets of the bible were women.

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It has been said that matriarchs were superior to patriarchs.

In the house, the wife/mother is called "akeret habayit" in Hebrew, or mainstay. She largely determines the homes character and atmosphere. She is in charge of the kashrut (the laws of Kosher) of foods and beverages.

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Even though Jews believed that they were the "chosen people" they did not believe that they were superior to the Gentiles. (Gentiles are non-Jewish people) The most commonly used word for a non-Jew is goy. The word "goy" means "nation," and refers to the fact that goyim are members of other nations, that is, nations other than the Children of Israel.
Jews did not judge non-Jews by their nationality or by their ethnicity but by their behavior.

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Women are endowed with a greater degree of "binah" or intelligence, understanding, and intuition, than men.

Many of the important feminist leaders of the 20th Century, like Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedman, are Jewish women.

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In traditional Judaism, woman are for the most part seen as separate but equal.
Their obligations are no less important than man.

According to most Jewish scholars "man" was created with dual genders and later was separated into male and female.

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Mammoon Sukhera
Bethany Larson
Lexi Thomson

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A Jew is any person whose mother was a Jew or anyone who converted to Judaism.
Being a Jew doesn't have to do with what you believe in. According to Judaism 101,"A person born to non-Jewish parents who has not undergone the formal process of conversion but who believes everything that Orthodox Jews believe and observes every law and custom of Judaism is still a non-Jew, even in the eyes of the most liberal movements of Judaism, and a person born to a Jewish mother who is an atheist and never practices the Jewish religion is still a Jew."