Judaism-World Religions

^{In the Jewish faith there is only ONE god}

^{2000 B.C Abraham left his home (Ur) in Mesopotamia for Canaan, led by his god}

^{God promised Abraham and his descendants the "promised land"}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyEaAcPGAhA

Canaan- Modern day Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

Abrahams grandson Jacob had 12 sons, each son led the 12 tribes of Israel names the Israelites

_{The Jewish word for god is Yahweh.}   

_{Jews worship in synagogues (sin-uh-gogs).}

_{Men and women usually sit separately}

_{Men are required to cover their heads with a hat called a yarmulke (yam-moo-ka)}

_{The Jewish spiritual leaders are called rabbis (rab-eyes).}

Jews were largely concentrated in North America (44%) .

Middle East-North Africa region (mostly Israel)

Remainder of the global Jewish population is found in Europe (10%) and the Latin America-Caribbean region (3%).

As of 2010, there were about 14 million Jews around the world,