Philtech Institute of Arts and Technology Inc.: LESSON 2: Judaism

PHILTECH INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
SUBJECT: Humanities
WEEK ( )
LESSON 2: Judaism
TOPICS: Judaism
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this session, you will be able to:
1. Briefly recount the history of Judaism as well as problematize and identity of a jew
2. Distinguish the different Jewish practices and beliefs; and
3. Identity the different varieties of Judaism.
LET’S START:
Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions. Tracing their roots to Abraham, the Jews believe that
God, whom they call YHWH, has chosen them to serve as an example of holiness and ethical behavior.
Who is Jew? What does it mean to be a Jew? Does it mean belonging to a religion? To an ethnic group?
Or does it imply the fulfilment or certain conditions?
But before that, read the Ten Commandments as stated in the Old Testament (Exodus 20).
TEN COMMANDMENTS (EXODUS 20; NRSV)

And God spoke all these words:
"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
"You shall have no other gods before me.
"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath
or in the waters below.
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate
me,but showing love to a thousand [generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
"You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who
misuses his name.
"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the
seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your
son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on
the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving
you.
"You shall not murder.
"You shall not commit adultery.
"You shall not steal.
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant
or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to you
 Yaweh/Yenovah-The most sacred name of God in Hebrew
 Jews Belief “God is one”

 Torah-God’s revelation and therefore as good news for everybody.
 Nevi’im- book of prophets
 Ketuvim(“writing”)
5 books of Moses
1. Genesis- (origin) the first book of the Torah which tells us the mythic origin of entire world.
2. Exodus- begins with the Egyptians being threatened by the growing population of the
Hebrews in their land.
3. Leviticus – consist of God speeches to Moses, which God command Moses to repeat to the
Israelites.
4. Bamidbar – means “in the wilderness” or “in the desert,”
5. Deuteromy- consist chiefly of three discourses delived by Moses a short time before his death.
 Israelites- refer to the descendants of the Hebrews, which originated from Abraham.
Elaboration on Practice
 There is no official Jewish creed, only a set of central beliefs formulated by the Jewish medieval
philosopher Moses Maimonides: belief in a God that is one, formless, all knowing, creator an
judge, both loving an just; belief in the word of prophets; belief in God that law of Moses; belief
that the messiah will come; and belief that there is a resurrection of the goo in “the world to
come.”
Dietary Pratices
 Kosher (ritually correct) – the specific rules of how to slaughter, cook, and serve the animals to
food preparation and consumption.
 Sabbath- is the Lord’s day, set apart each week for rest and worship.
 Messiah – come from the Hebrew word, Mashiach meaning “the anointed one,” or the chosen
one.”
 Passover – commemorates the liberation of the Hebrews from Egypt.
 Seder or the Paschal meal shared by the family on the eve of the first day of the feast
Types of Judaism
3 main kinds
 Reform Judaism
 Conservative Judaism
 Orthodox Judaism
Also kinds with a smaller number of people
 Reconstructionist Judaism
 Karaite Judaism
Jewish food laws

 Kashrut- Jews who follow the religious rules called “kashrut” only eat some types of food that
are prepared by special rules.
Food that a jew can eat is called kosher food.
Ritual and celebration

 Purim
 Sabbath
 Rosh hashanah
 Hannukah
Activity: Let’s try these!
CASE STUDY: MANUEL’S LIST
The first Jews in the Philippines were converts to Christianity (called Marranos or Conversos)
due to the Spanish Inquisition. The first Marranos or
Conversos in the country were Jorge and Domingo Rodriguez,
who arrived in 1590s, but were eventually tried and convicted.
The more stable presence was the Levy brothers and Leopold
Kahn from Alsace-Lorraine But during the American regime,
the names of Emil Bachrach and Merton Netzorg were
dominant Jewish presence in the country. But the last major
migration of the Jews happened in 1935 and 1941; what
WWII Concentration Camp
happened then? ntration-and-death-camps-map-1779690
The rise of Adolf Hitler in German chancellor and head

of the Nazi Party began a prolonged wave of anti-Jewish activity. Hitler, fueled by several irrational
notions, began plans to exterminate all European Jews. The Jews were
ask to wear a yellow star in public, and eventually deported via train to
concentration camps. Some camps are well known—Auschwitz, Bergen
—Belsen, Maidanek, and Mauthausen. This led to the death of about 12
million people, and was called the Holocaust (Greek: completely burned) or Shoah (Hebrew:
extermination). It is one of the greatest crimes ever committed against humanity.
But what many do not know is that during World War II, Jewish refugees escaping from the Nazi tyranny
in Europe sought a safe haven in Manila. The Philippine Commonwealth Government, under President
Manuel L. Quezon, as a matter of policy, opened its doors and welcomed Jewish refugees. Ten thousand
visas were made available to Jews. President Quezon even built a housing community for Jewish refugees
in Marikina and allotted farm and large settlement area in Mindanao. We even expressed our indignation
to the persecution of the Jews by rallying on 17 November 1938 to denounce the Kristallnacht. These
stories were documented in the book “Escape to Manila” (2003) by Frank Ephraim. The book recounts
the memories and experiences of the European Jews who sought refuge in the Philippines and in the
warm hospitality of the Filipinos during this difficult period in the Jewish history. Do you think that
Manuel L. Quezon did the right thing in welcoming these European Jews?
Criteria 4 POINTS 3 POINTS 2 POINTS 1 POINT

MANUEL L. QUEZON
Identification of Identifies and Identifies and Identifies and Identifies and
etail/20053
Main demonstrate a demonstrates an demonstrates demonstrates a
Issues/Problem sophisticated accomplished acceptable weak
understanding understanding understanding understanding
of the main of most of the of some of the of some of the
issues/problems issues/problems. issues/problems issues/problems
in the case in the case in the case
study. study. study..
Analysis and Presents an Presents a Presents a Presents an
Evaluation of insightful and thorough superficial incomplete
Issues/Problem through analysis of most analysis of analysis of
analysis of all of the issues some of the some of the
identified issues identified. identified identified
problem. issues. issues.
Recommendation Support Supports Little action No action
on Effective diagnosis and diagnosis and suggested suggested and
Solutions/Strategie opinions with opinions with and/or inappropriate
s strong limited inappropriate solutions
arguments and reasoning and solutions proposed to the
well— evidence; proposed to the issues in the
documented presents a issues in the case study.
evidence; somewhat one case study
presents a —sided
balanced and argument;
critical view; demonstrates
interpretation is little
both reasonable engagement
and objective. with ideas
presented.
Writing Mechanics Student uses For the most Student uses Students does
proper part, the student inconsistent not use proper
grammar, uses proper grammar, grammar,
punctuation, grammar, punctuation, or punctuation, or
and spelling punctuation, spelling spelling
and writes and spelling and throughout the throughout the
effective writes paper. Some of paper. Many of
sentences that reasonably the sentences the sentence are
make logical effective are ineffective ineffective and
sense. Has a sentences that and do not do not make
proper generally make make logical logical sense.
academic style logical sense. sense. Does not Does not have a
that is void of Has a proper have a proper proper
cliches and academic style academic style academic style
informal, that generally and often uses and often uses
colloquial avoids clichés clichés or clichés or
phrases and and informal, overly informal overly informal
language. colloquial or colloquial or colloquial
Writing is well phrases and language. language.
organized and language. Writing is not Writing is not
logically Writing is well well organized well organized
coherent. organized and and not and not
generally logically logically
logically consistent. consistent.
consistent. Writing is
rambling and
often doesn’t
make sense.
Paper All paper Missing 1 paper Missing 2 paper Missing 3 paper
Requirements requirements requirements requirements. requirements.
are correctly
met.
Evaluation: Let’s check your understanding

Identify the correct answer described by the statement.
Judaism1. One of the oldest monotheistic religions.

Yaweh/Yenovah2. The most sacred name of God in Hebrew.
Torah3. God’s revelation and therefore as good news for everybody.
Genesis4. The first book of the Torah which tells us the mythic origin of entire world.
Levticus5. Consist of God speeches to Moses, which God command Moses to repeat to the
Israelites.
Kosher6. The specific rules of how to slaughter, cook, and serve the animals to food preparation
and consumption.
Messiah7. Come from the Hebrew word, Mashiach meaning “the anointed one,” or the chosen
one.”
Passover8.Commemorates the liberation of the Hebrews from Egypt.
Kashrut9. Jews who follow the religious rules called?
Kosher food10. Food that a jew can eat is called?

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TEN COMMANDMENTS (EXODUS 20; NRSV)

 Yaweh/Yenovah-The most sacred name of God in Hebrew

 Jews Belief “God is one”

Jewish food laws

Ritual and celebration

Activity: Let’s try these!

CASE STUDY: MANUEL’S LIST

The rise of Adolf Hitler in German chancellor and head

Criteria 4 POINTS 3 POINTS 2 POINTS 1 POINT

Evaluation: Let’s check your understanding

Judaism1. One of the oldest monotheistic religions.

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