Jewish Literacy : : the Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, its People, and its History

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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Bible -- 1: Tanakh, Torah -- Genesis -- 2: Adam and Eve, The Garden of Eden -- 3: Cain and Abel, "Am I my brother's keeper?" -- 4: Noah's Ark -- 5: Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob -- 6: Matriarchs: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah -- 7: Sodom and Gomorrah -- 8: Binding of Isaac / Akedat Yitzchak -- 9: Voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau -- 10: Jacob / Israel -- 11: Joseph and his brothers -- 12: Seven fat years, seven lean years -- 13: Twelve tribes -- Exodus -- 14: Moses / Moshe -- 15: Burning bush / I shall be what I shall be -- 16: Let my people go -- 17: Ten plagues, "And God hardened Pharaoh's heart" -- 18: Splitting of the Red Sea -- 19: Amalek -- 20: Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah -- 21: Covenant / Brit "We shall do and we shall hear" -- 22: Ten Commandments / Aseret ha-Dibrot -- 23: Golden calf -- 24: Aaron and Miriam -- Leviticus -- 25: Sacrifices, priests and Levites -- 26: Love your neighbor as yourself, I am the Lord -- Numbers -- 27: Twelve spies, "The land of milk and honey" -- 28: Korakh's rebellion -- 29: Balaam's talking donkey, "A people that dwells alone" -- Deuteronomy -- 30: No one knows his burial place to this day -- From the early prophets -- 31: Joshua and the walls of Jericho -- 32: Land of Canaan / The seven nations of Canaan -- 33: Deborah the Prophetess -- 34: Samson and Delilah -- 35: Samuel, "We must have a king over us that we may be like all the other nations" -- 36: Saul -- 37: David and Goliath -- 38: David and Jonathan -- 39: David and Bathsheba -- 40: David and Nathan / "You are the man!" -- 41: David and Absalom, "O Absalom, my son, my son!" -- 42: Solomon -- 43: Temple / Beit ha-Mikdash -- 44: Secession of the Ten Northern Tribes -- 45: Ahab and Jezebel, "Have you murdered and also inherited?" -- 46: Prophet Elijah -- 47: Ten Lost Tribes -- 48: Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon -- 49: Babylonian exile -- From the later prophets -- 50: Isaiah, "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation," "A light unto the nations" -- 51: Jeremiah -- 52: Ezekiel, The Valley of the Dry Bones -- 53: Amos, "Let justice well up like water" -- 54: Jonah and the whale -- 55: Micah, "To do justice and to love goodness, and to walk modestly with your God" -- From the Ketuvim / Writings -- 56: Psalms, "The Lord is my shepherd," "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem" -- 57: Trial of Job -- 58: Ruth and Naomi, "Your people shall be my people, and your God my God" -- 59: Ecclesiastes, "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity" -- 60: Esther, Mordechai, Haman, "There is a certain people" -- 61: Daniel in the Lion's Den, The writing on the wall -- 62: Cyrus the Great, King of Persia -- 63: Ezra and Nehemiah, The rebuilding of the Jewish community in Israel.
Part 2: Second Commonwealth, The Mishna And The Talmud -- 64: Antiochus Epiphanes, King of Syria, and the Selecuid Empire -- 65: Maccabees, Hasmoneans, Mattathias, Judah Maccabee -- 66: Hannah and her seven sons -- 67: Rome takes over Jerusalem, 63 BCE -- 68: Hillel, The golden rule, The Prosbul -- 69: Sanhedrin -- 70: Herod, King of Judea -- 71: Jesus, The crucifixion, Pontius Pilate, The New Testament -- 72: Paul -- 73: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Dead Sea sect -- 74: Great Revolt, 66-70 CE Zealots -- 75: Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, "Give me Yavneh and its sages" -- 76: Destruction of the second temple, 70 CE -- 77: Flavius Josephus -- 78: Masada, 73 CE -- 79: Rabbi Akiva -- 80: Bar-Kokhba Rebellion, 132-135 CE -- 81: Beruriah -- 82: Oral law, written law -- 83: Babylonian Talmud / Palestinian Talmud, Mishna, Rabbi Judah the prince / Tanna'im, Amora'im -- 84: Halakha, Aggadata, Midrash -- Part 3: Early Medieval Period: Under Islam And Christianity -- 85: Mohammed -- 86: Pact of Umar, Dhimmis -- 87: Sa'adiah Gaon, The Gaonim -- 88: Resh Galuta, Exilarch -- 89: Karaites -- 90: Cairo Geniza -- 91: Golden Age of Spanish Jewry -- 92: Judah Halevi / The Kuzari -- 93: Almohades -- 94: Maimonides / Rambam -- 95: Ban on polygamy, The decrees of Rabbi Gershom -- 96: Rashi, Rabbenu Tam, The Rishonim -- 97: Crusades -- 98: Fourth Lateran Council, Yellow badge -- 99: Burning of the Talmud -- 100: Jewish-Christian disputations, Moses Nachmanides and the debate in Barcelona, Spain, 1263 -- 101: Expulsion of Jews from England, 1290 -- 102: Spanish Inquisition, Marranos -- 103: Don Isaac Abravanel -- 104: Spanish expulsion, 1492.
Part 4: Late Medieval Period -- 105: Ghetto -- 106: Kabbalah -- 107: Code of Jewish Law / Shulkhan Arukh, Joseph Karo, Moses Isserles, the Rama -- 108: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation -- 109: Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Yiddish and Ladino -- 110: Chmielnitzki Massacres, 1648-1649 -- 111: Shabbetai Zevi -- 112: Excommunication of Spinoza, Kherem -- 113: Court Jews, Shtadlanim -- 114: Hasidim and Mitnagdim, Israel Ba'al Shem Tov -- 115: Vilna Gaon -- 116: Moses Mendelssohn, Enlightment / Haskala -- Part 5: Modern Period-Western And Eastern Europe -- 117: Emancipation, "To the Jews as individuals, all rights, to the Jews as a people, no rights" -- 118: Napoleon's Sanhedrin -- 119: Baptism and apostasy -- 120: Reform Judaism -- 121: Samson Raphael Hirsch, neo-orthodoxy -- 122: Damascus blood libel -- 123: Rabbi Israel Salanter, The Musar movement -- 124: Rothschilds -- 125: Martin Buber, I and thou -- 126: Franz Rosenzweig -- 127: Shtetl, Cheder -- 128: Pogrom -- 129: Kishinev Pogrom -- 130: Sholom Aleichem -- 131: Sigmund Freud -- 132: Leon Trotsky -- Part 6: Zionism And Israel -- 133: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem -- 134: BILU -- 135: Dreyfus trial -- 136: Theodor Herzl, The Jewish State -- 137: First Zionist Congress, 1897 -- 138: Uganda -- 139: Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook / Rav Kook -- 140: Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the revival of Hebrew -- 141: Aliyah, Chalutz, Chalutzim -- 142: Kibbutz, Moshav -- 143: Balfour Declaration, 1917, The British Mandate -- 144: Chaim Weizmann -- 145: Haganah, Irgun-bombing of the King David Hotel, Lekhi, Palmach -- 146: David Ben-Gurion -- 147: Vladimir Jabotinsky, The Revisionists -- 148: Josef Trumpeldor -- 149: Hebron Massacre, 1929 -- 150: British White Paper, 1939 -- 151: DP Camps, The Exodus -- 152: United Nations vote for Partition, 1947 -- 153: Proclamation of Israel's Independence, 1948, Medinat Yisrael -- 154: Hatikyah -- 155: Harry Truman -- 156: Deir Yassin -- 157: War of Independence -- 158: Altalena -- 159: Ingathering of the Exiles / Kibbutz Galuyot, "Operation magic carpet" -- 160: Knesst, Labor Party, Likud, Religious Parties -- 161: Israel Defense Forces / Tzahal, Reserve duty / Mi-lew-im -- 162: Moshe Dayan -- 163: Six-day war, 1967, The "Green Line" -- 164: Western wall / Kotel ha-Ma'aravi -- 165: PLO, Munich massacre, Oslo Accords -- 166: United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338 -- 167: Golda Meir -- 168: Yom Kippur War, 1973 -- 169: West Bank versus Judea and Samaria, Gush Emunim -- 170: United Nations Resolution on Zionism, 1975 -- 171: Entebbe, 1976 -- 172: Menachem Begin elected prime minister, 1977 -- 173: Anwar Sadat's visit to Jersulam, Camp David -- 174: Peace now / Shalom Akhshav -- 175: Lebanese war -- 176: Law of Return, "Who is a Jew?" -- 177: Neturei Karta -- 178: Ashkenazim and Sephardim -- 179: Ethiopian Jewry -- 180: Yored / Yerida -- 181: Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, 1995 -- 182: Camp David, 2000, The second intifada -- 183: Israel's disengagement from Gaza, 2005 -- 184: Hezbollah's war against Israel, 2006, an Iranian nuclear bomb?
Part 7: Holocaust -- 185: Adolf Hitler and Nazism, Mein Kampf, Aryan race, Nuremberg Laws -- 186: Yellow star -- 187: Munich, 1938, appeasement -- 188: Kristallnacht, 1938 -- 189: While six million died, S S St Louis -- 190: Einsatzgruppen, Babi Yar, 1941 -- 191: Final solution, genocide, holocaust -- 192: Concentration camps, Auschwitz, Treblinka, Theresienstadt -- 193: Dr Joseph Mengele -- 194: Judenrat, Kapo -- 195: Anne Frank -- 196: Warsaw ghetto revolt -- 197: Nuremberg trials, 1946 -- 198: German reparations -- 199: Eichmann trial -- 200: Yad Vashem, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- 201: Righteous Gentiles, Raoul Wallenberg, Oskar Schindler -- 202: Denmark -- 203: Holocaust revisionists -- 204: Never again -- 205: Elie Wiesel -- 206: 614th Commandment: not to grant Hitler posthumous victories -- Part 8: American-Jewish Life -- 207: George Washington's letter to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island, 1790 -- 208: Reform Judaism, Issac Mayer Wise, Hebrew Union College -- 209: Pittsburgh platform, 1885, Columbus platform, 1937 -- 210: Conservative Judaism, Jewish Theological Seminary, Solomon Schechter -- 211: Yeshiva University -- 212: Ellis Island, Lower East side -- 213: Galveston program -- 214: Sweatshops -- 215: Leo Frank Case -- 216: Jewish Organizations: UJC (United Jewish Communities), Anti-Defamation League, AIPAC, Conference of Presidents of major Jewish Organizations, CLAL, Simon Wiesenthal Center, B'nai B'rith, American Jewish Committee -- 217: Henrietta Szold, Hadassah -- 218: Louis Brandeis -- 219: Albert Einstein -- 220: Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik -- 221: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel -- 222: Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, reconstructionism, Juddaism as a civilization -- 223: Rabbi Moshe Feinstein / Reb Moshe -- 224: Sunday school, Hebrew School / Talmud Torah, Day School, Yeshiva -- 225: Women Rabbis -- 226: Patrilineal descent -- 227: Lubavitch, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn -- 228: Ba'al Teshuva Movement -- 229: Denominational conflicts -- 230: Vanishing American Jew: low birthrate, assimilation, and intermarriage -- 231: Senator Joseph Lieberman's nomination as the Democratic Vice President Candidate, 2000 -- Part 9: Soviet Jewry -- 232: Birobidzhan -- 233: Doctors' plot -- 234: Russian-Jewish Simkhat Torah celebrations -- 235: Refuseniks -- 236: Prisoners of conscience, Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky -- 237: Jackson-Vanik amendment, Detente -- 238: Soviet Jewry movement, Student struggle for Soviet Jewry -- 239: Let my people go! "Am Yisrael Chai" -- Part 10: Antisemitism -- 240: Christ-killer -- 241: Judas Iscariot -- 242: Blood libel -- 243: Shylock -- 244: Antisemitism, The Scapegoat Thesis -- 245: Protocols of the Elders of Zion -- 246: Deicide, Pope John XXIII, Vatican II -- 247: Self-hating Jews -- Part 11: Jewish Texts -- Tanakh / Torah / Nevi'im / Ketuvim-see entry 1 -- 248: Apocrypha -- 249: Ethics of the Fathers / Pirkei Avot -- Mishna / Talmud / Babylonian Talmud / Jerusalem Talmud-see entry 83 -- Midrash-see entry 84 -- Haggada-see entry 309 -- Siddur, Makhzor-see entry 342 -- Kuzari-see entry 92 -- 250: Guide to the Perplexed / Moreh Nevukhim Rashi-see entry 96 -- 251: Responsa literature / She'elot ve-Teshuvot -- 252: Mishneh Torah -- Shulkhan Arukh-see entry 107 -- 253: Zohar -- 254: Rome and Jerusalem -- Jewish state-see entry 136 -- I and thou and Tales of the Hasidim-see entry 125 -- 255: Steinsaltz Talmud, the ArtScroll Talmud -- Part 12: Jewish Ethics And Basic Beliefs -- 256: Commandement / Mitavah, The 613 Mitzvot of the Torah, Mitzvot between people and each other and Mitzvot between people and God / Bein Adam le-Khavero, Bein Adam la-Makom -- 257: In God's image -- 258: Do not put a stumbling block in front of a blind man -- 259: Justice, justice you shall pursue -- 260: Eye for an eye -- 261: Do not stand idly by while your brother's blood is shed -- 262: For you were strangers in the land of Egypt -- 263: Not to oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow -- 264: Fathers shall not be put to death for the sins of sons, nor sons for the sins of fathers -- 265: Chosen.
Part 13: Hebrew Calendar And Jewish Holidays -- 296: Listing of Jewish Holidays in context of Solar/Lunar calendar -- 297: New Year/Rosh ha-Shana, High Holy Days, Days of Awe/Yamin Nora'im, Shofar, Makhzor, apples and honey -- 298: Tashlikh -- 299: Ten Days of Repentance/ Aseret y'meir teshuva, may you be inscribed for a good year/ Le-Shana Tova Teekataivu -- 300: Yom Kippur, Kol Nidrei, Ne'ilah -- 301: Sukkot, Sukka, Lulav and Etrog, Shimini Atzeret -- 302: Khol ha-Moed -- 303: Simkhat Torah, Hakafot -- 304: Hanukka, Menorah, Dreidl -- 305: Tu B'Shvat, planting trees -- 306: Purim, Fast of Esther, Grogger, Mishloakh Manot -- 307: Ma'ot Chittim -- 308: Passover/Pesach, Searching for Leaven / Bedikat Khametz -- 309: Haggada -- 310: Seder, Matazah, Maror, four cups of wine, Elijah's Cup, Afikoman -- 311: Holocaust Memorial Day/Yom ha-Shoa -- 312: Israeli Independence Day/Yom ha-Atzma'ut, Remembrance Day/Yom ha-Zikaron -- 313: Lag Ba'Omer -- 314: Jerusalem Day/Yom Yerushalayim -- 315: Counting the Omer, Shavuot, Tikkun -- 316: Three Weeks/Nine days -- 317: Ninth of Av/Tisha Be'Av, Lamentations/Eicha -- 318: Minor fast days -- 319: New month/Rosh Khodesh -- 320: Sabbath/Shabbat, Thirty-nine Melakhot, Muk-tze, Eruv -- 321: Sabbath rituals in the house, candle lighting, blessing the children, woman of valor, two challot, Kiddush, Netilat Yadayim, Ha-Motzi, Zmirot, grace after meals/Birkat ha-Mazon, Shabbat Shalom! Gut Shabbes! -- 322: Third meal/Shalosh Se'udot -- 323: Havdala.
Part 14: Life Cycle -- 324: Circumcision/Brit Milah, redemption of the firstborn/Pidyon ha-Ben, naming ceremony for girls -- 325: Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah -- 326: Aufruff, marriage ceremony/Kiddushin, Sheva Brakhot, breaking the glass, groom and bride/Khattan ve-Kalla -- 327: Marriage contract/Ketuba -- 328: Mikveh, laws of family purity/Taharat ha-Mishpakha -- 329: Beit Din -- 330: Jewish divorce/Get, Agunah -- 331: Convert/Ger -- 332: Burial society/Chevra Kadisha -- 333: Kri'a, Shiva, Shiva visit, Aveilut -- 334: Mourner's Kaddish, Yahrzeit, Yizkor, peace be upon him/Alav ha-Shalom, peace be upon her/Aleha ha-Shalom -- 335: Mezuzah -- 336: Kosher, Kashrut, meat and milk/Milchig and Fleishig, Pareve, ritual slaughter/Shekhita, Mashgiakh -- Part 15: Synagogue And Prayers -- 337: Temple/Synagogue/Shul/Shtiebl, Jewish Community Centers -- 338: Minyan -- 339: Mekhitza -- 340: Rabbinic ordination/Semikha -- 341: Common terms used in the Synagogue: Bimah, Mizrakh, Aron Kodesh, Hagba and Glila, Chazzan, Gabbai, Ba'al Koh-rey, Trope -- 342: Siddur/Makhzor, Morning service/Shakharit, Afternoon service/Minkha, Evening service/Ma'ariv, additional service on Shabbat and Holidays/Mussaf -- 343: Torah scroll/Sefer Torah -- 344: Torah portion of the week/Parshat ha-Shavua, Haftorah, Dvar Torah -- 345: Aliyah, priest, Levite, Israelite/Kohain, Levi, Yisra'el -- 346: Priestly blessing/Dukhaning -- 347: Tzitzit, Tallit -- 348: Tefillin -- 349: Kippah or Yarmulka -- 350: Some famous prayers: Barkhu, Amidah, Kedusha, Ashrei, Adon Olam, Ein Kayloheinu, Aleinu, Hallel -- 351: Sh'ma Yisra'el -- 352: Blessing/Brakha, Ha-Motzi, grace after meals/Birkat ha-Mazon, She-he-khi-yanu -- Index.
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