JUDAISM Shema Hear/prayer.

. Long scripture saying a) This is why many Jews will have a mezuzah or doorpost with this very scripture contained within. b) It is also why some Jews will wear the tefillin (alternatively phylacteries actually Greek for protectors) or prayer boxes on their foreheads. Mezuzah Doorpost Tefillin protectors. Prayr three times a day Abraham/Isaac -- Abraham asked to sacrifice his only son Isaac / Sarah could not have children./ Hagar bore Abraham Ishmael (Muslim descendants/ Sacrifice of Isaac turned down at last moment Noah&Flood Moses & Egyptian Captivity Moses grew up in the house of Pharaoh// 10 Plagues ensued // Moses lost on MT Sinai for 40 Daysnights./Golden Calf Mitzvot Halakha&Kabbalah Kabbalah jewish mysticism, conventional understanding not enough, they want to see. More intimate, thorough understanding of the divine. Zohar book. Torah, Tanakh, Talmud Judaism 3 Ts ( sacred Texts) Torah Jewish Law, first of five books / Tanakh Whole of the jewish bible, all of it/ Talmud- the oral torah King David & Solomon KD noble biblical hero, also flawed human. Slayed goliath, messiah/ Solomon succeeds david, builds first temple for jews, temple was a notable achievement. Divided Kingdome: Judah/ Israel Jewish kingdom is divided North an South ( consequence for solomons sins) Solomons son split kingdom after he passed. / Judah South , King Rehoboam, Jerus capital. / Israel North, King Jeroboam Baruch Spinoza Spinoza was a fabled Dutch philosopher of Jewish descent/ came to believe
in the unity of God and Nature, a very pantheist view/ that the Bible was written by men, and not God. // Spinoza rejected the literal reading of the Bible Maimonides Maimonides was high influential scholar / interpreter of Judaism. He writes The Guide to the Perplexed

Zionism Theodore Herzl Chaim Weizmann& Balfor Decleration / Russian born Chemist, takes the cause where Herzl leaves off/ Moves to England, 1905 elected Zionist Council leader/ Charismatic spokesman, helps get Balfour Declaration/ Balfour Declaration: of Nov. 2, 1917 says Britain favors a Zionist Homeland U.N. Partition Vote of 1947 The United Nations comes up with a new Partition Plan A) Partition Vote: Nov. 29, 1947 vote UN favored partition 33 to 13 //Many Arabs flee,
their homes are dynamited, creating perennial problem of The Right of Return.

1967 Six Days War -- is most dramatic event

A) Prelude to War: Egypt moved troops towards border with Israel: Wailing Wall and West Bank now in Hands of Jews Religious Orthodoxy & Zionism begin to fuse.