If you're familiar with Christianity, think that without the New Testament
Monotheism, the Ten Commandments, the Torah and the Prophets.
Judaism values all individuals; men, women, and children. The wealthy have no privileges; and the poor are valued, supported and their opinions listened to. (Compare this to those societies in which only mature, land-owning males had any legal status.)
Judaism applied laws, and rules of moral behavior, to all its members equally. The laws of Moses form much of Western legal background.
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"I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation ... fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations" (John Adams, 2nd President of the United States).
"Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights, but we cannot be sure. All the great conceptual discoveries of the human intellect seem obvious and inescapable once they had been revealed, but it requires a special genius to formulate them for the first time. The Jews had this gift. To them we owe the idea of equality before the law, both Divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of the human person; of the individual conscience and of the collective conscience and social responsibility" (Paul Johnson, Christian historian, author of A History of the Jews and A History of Christianity).
The long, rich history of Judaism gives the Western world much of its shape today. Many of the laws, traditions, culture and values are directly attributable to Judaism.Link: History of Judaism
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The printing press had a very important impact on society because it spread the ideas of Humanism widely throughout society.
Jewish Publication Society was created in 1888.
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Australian Jewish Democratic Society was created in 1984.
Tangible ideas created by a society is material culture.
Australian Jewish Historical Society's motto is 'Deut 12:7'.
Jewish Publication Society of America Version was created in 1917.
The web address of the Jewish Historical Society is: http://www.jhsgw.org
The phone number of the Jewish Historical Society is: 202-789-0900.
They are important because they represent the main beliefs and principles of Jewish and Christian society. If we live by them, we can respect God and also live peacefully and get along with others.