| A | B |
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| Abraham | father of monotheism, Patriarch of Judaism |
| monotheism | the belief in one all powerful God |
| polytheism | belief in more than one God |
| idolatry | the worship of idols |
| Isaac | son of Abraham and Sarah, patriarch of Judaism |
| Jacob | son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, patriarch of Judaism |
| Caanan | Land promised to Abraham and his descendents |
| Israel | same as Caanan and Palestine |
| Palestine | same as Israel, Palestine and Caanan |
| Mesopotamia | original home of Abraham, modern day Iraq |
| Sarah | wife of Abraham |
| Hagar | servant of Sarah, mother of Ishmael |
| Judaism | name of the religion of the Jews |
| Jew | name of the people of the Judaic faith |
| Jewish | something that is related to the religion of Judaism |
| Ishmael | son of Abraham and Hagar |
| Fertile Cresent | the land of the prophets |
| Judah | one of the sons of Jacob, root word of Judaism |
| Old Testament | the name Christians call the first part of the Bible, Jews call it the Tanak |
| Tanak | Hebrew word for Old Testament |
| Torah | The law or teachings also known as the first 5 books of Moses |
| Nebiim | Hebrew word for the prophets |
| Ketubim | Hebrew word for the writings |
| Synagogue | Jewish house of worship |
| Ezra | Father of modern day Judaism |
| Scribe | an ancient professional writer |
| Sinai Peninsula | the desert land where Moses received the commandments |
| Diaspora | to disperse, and the places where peopl were dispersed |
| migration | to move to another place |
| Solomon's temple | ancient temple built by Solomon, holy to the Jews |
| Romans | people that invaded Israel |
| Rabbi | Jewish religious teacher or leader |
| Jerusalem | city located in Israel/Palestine, it is holy to Muslims, Christians and Jews |
| Galilee | a city in Israel where Jews were allowed to live by the Romans |
| Wailing Wall | the only remaining wall of the ancient temple of Solomon |
| Western Wall | same as Wailing Wall |
| Dome of the Rock | a masjid located in Jerusalem, holy to Muslims |
| The Holy Sepulcher | an ancient Church located in Jerusalem holy to Christians |
| Shema | Jewish statement of belief |
| Yahweh | Hebrew name of God |
| Jehovah | Hebrew name of God |
| Creed | means statement of belief |
| Menorah | Used during the holiday Chanukah when a 9 stick candle holder used by Jews to celebrate the defeat of the Syrian Greeks |
| Shamash | the nineth candle of the Menorah used to light the other 8 candles |
| Dreidel | a top spinning game played by Jewish children during Chanukah |
| Chanukah | a Jewish holiday celebrating the defeat of the Syrian Greeks |
| Maccabee | the Jewish brothers that led a revolt agains the Syrian Greek invaders |
| Zeus | a Greek god |
| Bar Mitzvah | a Jewish rite of passage for boys |
| Bat mitzvah | a Jewish rite of pasage for girls |
| circumcision | a procedure when the male foreskin is removed |
| Holocaust | the systematical genocide/killing of the Jewish people and others during WWII |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of Germany and person responsible for the holocaust |
| anti-Semitism | racism against Jews and people of Arab descent |
| Crusades | wars fought between Muslims and Jews for many years over the holy city of Jerusalem |
| systematic | something carried out in an organized manner |
| Nazi | a member of Adolf Hitlers political party responsible for the Holocaust |
