Terms and
names. Note that the terms include both English and Hebrew names of
some items, such as feasts (e.g., Sukkot = Tabernacles).
Ahad Ha’am
Amalek
Ashkenazic
Baal Shem Tov
Besht
bi-national state
Buber, Martin
Conservative Judaism
covenant
cultural Zionism
Day of Atonement
Days of Awe
Diaspora
Exile
Exodus
Gemara
ghetto
Haggadah
Halakha
Hanukkah.
Hasidism
herem
Herzl, Theodor
Hillesum, Etty
Holocaust
Holy War
ingathering
Kabbalah
Ketuvim
kibbutz
Luria, Isaac
Maccabees
Maimonides, Moses
Mendelssohn, Moses
midrash
Mishnah
moshav
Neviim
Orthodox Judaism
Passover
Pentecost
Pesach
Philo Judaeus
pogrom
political Zionism
Promised Land
Purim
Reconstructionist Judaism
Reform Judaism
religious Zionism
Rosh Ha-Shanah
Sephardic
shalom
Shavuot
Shoah
Suffering Servant
Sukkot
Tabernacles
Talmud
Tanakh
Targums
tikkun
Torah
tzaddik
yetzer ha ra’
yetzer ha tov
Yom Kippur
Zionism
Zohar
Describe
and distinguish the various Jewish holy books and traditions: Tanakh,
Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim, Mishnah, Talmud, haggadah, halakhah, Targums,
midrashim, Talmudic tales.
Describe the following concepts in
Judaism and explain their relevance to issues of justice and peace:
covenant, chosen people, promised land, holy people, sense of
persecution.
Who were the Maccabees? What part did they
play in Jewish history? What Jewish religious holiday is associated
with them, and what is the connection?
Explain the transition from early first century Judaism (centered around Temple worship) to Rabbinic Judaism.
Be prepared to recognize and identify key Jewish beliefs, and to discern when they are being incorrectly described.
Be
able to describe or identify major Jewish religious feasts: Passover
(Pesach), Pentecost (Shavuot), Tabernacles (Sukkot), the High Holy
Days: New Year and the Day of Atonement (Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom
Kippur), Hanukkah.
Why do Jews (of the great tradition) keep the Law of Moses?
Distinguish
the following Jewish groups: Hasidic, Orthodox, Reformed, Conservative,
Reconstructionist, Ashkenazic, Sephardic. What gave rise to each? How
do they compare with each other?
Distinguish political, socialist, cultural, and religious Zionism.
What
are some limits to Holy War as we read it described in the Tanakh or
Old Testament? Be prepared to recognize such reasons, and to discern
when they are being incorrectly described.
Among persecutions of
Jews, what was unique about the Nazi Holocaust? How did Christians
respond to the tragedy that their Jewish neighbors were facing?
Describe three Jewish theological explanations of the Holocaust
(ultra-orthodox Jews, secular Zionists, modern Orthodox religious
Zionists)? What conclusion do many modern Israeli Jews draw from the
Holocaust Museum Yat va Shem? From the Holocaust experience, how do
Zionists respond to Gentile criticism of Israeli policies?