How a Jewish person self-identifies is a personal thing. There are approximately 14 million Jews in the world as of 2011, and there are about 14 million different meanings to being Jewish. For some,...
Usually, the skullcap is worn during worship, but the Orthodox Jews wear them at all times as a sign of respect to God. Incidentally, the Hebrew word for this is Kippa and in Yiddish it's known as a...
He made a covenant with God Prophet Abraham (God's prayer & blessing on him) had instinctively recognized the existence of God without the help of another prophet or messenger etc. Therefore he...
Yes, according to all sects of Jews you are Jewish if your mother was Jewish. However, if only your father was Jewish than then the more conservative sects do not consider you to be a Jew unless you...