RELIGST 2J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: History Of The Jews In Africa, Jewish Diaspora, Ottoman Empire

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2J03
• Professor: Celia Rothenberg

Document Summary

Sephardi: christian europe location jews, eastern europe jews and often speaking in. Judaism - what"s in a name: "ism" designates an ideological system , juda - comes from the remaining tribes of the people of israel (israel and. Judah: not an internal name by the jews, more by consideration of who is a jew. Fastest growing jews are jews with no religion. Who are jews: from living in spain, living in arabic speaking lands, the ottoman empire location, and north african jews. The two traditions have become closer together; however they were more separated before. Jews in europe were separated and lived in ghettos. Jews in arabic speaking countries lived in well-off communities and somewhat protected by the abrahamic religions. Diasporas: north america/english speaking countries (half of the jewish population, eu. Eastern europe: latin america, majority of jews live in urban locations, why? city. Not many jews were allowed to own land, so forced to live in the.