Being Jewish in 21^st Century Australia

Before the Program

1.  Locate Palestine and Israel on a world map.

2. List all the things you already know about Judaism.

So far I have learnt about the Jewish torah scroll which is an accurate version of the Old Testament. We learnt about writing the torah and writing their holly word “God”. We have also learnt that Christianity came from Judaism; and that the major difference was that the Jews do not believe Jesus to be the Messiah, and continue to wait for the Messiah to come. The most sacred messengers from God are Abraham, because he encouraged the Jews to stop believing in polytheism and to believe in god only. There was also Moses who heard god and took his people to the sacred and promised land today known as Israel.

3. Research the story of Abraham. Write a ½ page summary explaining the story, below.

The Jewish believe that Abraham is a prophet and can communicate with God. At the time Abraham hears a message from god. God tells him to stop believing in Many Gods and that he was truly the only god and that he had power over all of the aspects that the previous gods had individual jobs and powers over. Abraham was told by god of a promised land. God was concerned that Abraham may not believe in him or trust him so God made a deal by Abraham. God told Abraham that if he lives his life by the commandments than he would be a god persona and would live forever and go to heaven. To test Abraham’s belief he told Abraham that his wife would bear a child. This would be a miracle because Abraham’s wife was well past child bearing age and had never succeeded in the past. Sure enough a child was born not long after wards. God told Abraham. “If you truly believe in me tan you will kill your son as proof of your loyalty.” Although this seemed unfair Abraham was loyal to God and was prepared to kill his son as a sacrifice. As Abraham was about to kill his son God said “Abraham; you have proved your loyalty and may keep your son.” From then on Abraham encouraged his people to follow in his example and follow god.

4. Approximately how many Jews are there in your country?

88834 Jews within Australia.