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Jewish identity underwent a significant shift in the centuries that followed the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. The initial conception of the Jews as an ethnos, albeit one with a distinctive religious culture, gradually shifted to that of a religious community that also identified as a nation. [11]
Ido Abram states that there are five aspects to contemporary Jewish identity: Religion, culture, and tradition. The tie with Israel and Zionism. Dealings with antisemitism, including issues of persecution and survival. Personal history and life-experience. Relationship with non-Jewish culture and people. [127] [128]
Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, [1] from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion , pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. [ 2 ]
Judaism guides its adherents in both practice and belief, and has been called not only a religion, but also a "way of life," [183] which has made drawing a clear distinction between Judaism, Jewish culture, and Jewish identity rather difficult.
Embracing Jewish identity within DEI framework is not merely a matter of justice; it is an essential component in developing truly inclusive spaces that honor the full diversity of human experiences.
Although the two branches comprise many unique ethno-cultural practices and have links to their local host populations (such as Central Europeans for the Ashkenazim and Hispanics and Arabs for the Sephardim), their shared religion and ancestry, as well as their continuous communication and population transfers, has been responsible for a ...
This wisdom captures the Jewish response of transforming hatred and threats to a catalyst for strengthening faith and identity, like the flickering menorah’s flames shining in the darkest nights.
Kaplan's definition of Judaism as "an evolving religious civilization" illumines his understanding of the centrality of Peoplehood in the Jewish religion. Describing Judaism as a religious civilization emphasizes the idea that Jewish people have sought "to make [their] collective experience yield meaning for the enrichment of the life of the ...