Jew, any person whose religion is judaism In a broader sense of the term, a jew is any person belonging to the worldwide group that constitutes, through descent or conversion, a continuation of the ancient jewish people, who were themselves descendants of the hebrews of the bible (old testament). The origins of jewish faith are explained throughout the torah According to the text, god first revealed himself to a hebrew man named abraham, who became known as the founder of judaism. From the ancient persians, greeks and romans, to the arabs and the europeans, great nations and empires gradually adopted many jewish laws and values By now, the entire world has been transformed by the teachings of the torah, either directly or indirectly.
Approximately 14.7 million people worldwide identify as jewish, with the vast majority living in either the united states or israel Jews come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities, and nationalities There are black jews from ethiopia, chinese jews from shanghai and indian jews. Judaism 101 or jew faq is an online encyclopedia of judaism, covering jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs, written from a traditional perspective in conversational language you can understand.
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