Religion

• Hanukkah


  Celebrated for 8 days to commemorate the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
• Ten Commandments


  Eternal principles handed down by God to Moses on Mount Sinai
• 613 Mitzvot


  Set of Jewish commandments covering doctrines on food, punishments, and worship
• Mitzvot Aseh


  Positive commandments, totaling 248
• Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh


  Negative commandments, totaling 365
• Shabbat


  Day of rest and prayer, refraining from work and using electrical devices
• Bar Mitzvah


  Ritual granting a 13-year-old boy Jewish adult rights and obligations
• Synagogue


  Place where Jews worship God
• Passover


  Celebrated to commemorate freedom from slavery in Egypt
• Seder


  Ritual meal during Passover
• Yom Kippur


  Holiest day for Jews, marking a time of introspection and repentance
• Rosh Hashanah


  Jewish New Year celebration
• Assimilation


  Integration of a culturally linked group to other cultures
• Orthodox Judaism


  Group strictly adhering to written and oral laws of Judaism
• Halacha


  Collection of written and oral Jewish laws
• Conservative Judaism


  Jewish sect believing in the authenticity of the Talmud as God's message
• Reform Judaism


  Jewish sect abandoning many traditional practices
• Zionism


  Nationalist movement advocating for the State of Israel
• Antisemitism


  Discrimination against the Jewish race
• Assimilation


  Integration of a group to other cultures, causing change.
• Orthodox Judaism


  Adheres strictly to written and oral laws.
• Halacha


  Collection of written oral laws in Judaism.
• Conservative Judaism


  Believes in authenticity of written law or Talmud.
• Zacharias Frankel


  German rabbi who linked Judaism with modern sciences.
• Reform Judaism


  Sect abandoning many traditional Jewish practices.
• Zionism


  Nationalist movement for creating Israel based on Torah.
• Theodore Herzl


  Hungarian activist who institutionalized Zionism.
• Antisemitism


  Discrimination against Semitic race, especially Jews.
• Holocaust


  Derived from Greek for 'whole burnt,' signifies mass genocide.
• Islam


  Meaning peace and submission
• Mosque


  Place of worship in Islam
• Quran/Hadith


  Sacred texts of Islam
• Muhammad Ibn Abdallah


  Last prophet and messenger of Islam, a respected merchant
• Archangel Gabriel


  Angel who appeared to Muhammad, asked him to read
• Pilgrimage


  Religious journey to a sacred city or site
• Hijra


  Emigration journey from Mecca to Medina
• Hajj


  Pilgrimage journey back to establish peace
• Prophets


  Serve as a bridge between God and humans
• Hadith


  Compilation of stories and principles of the Prophet
• Ummah


  Term for the Muslim community