Judaism-Reform

religion started living in the U.S. between 1880 and 1940. Most of them lived in the north suburbs outside the Chicago area. Worldwide there were about 13 million Jews still out there, living and about one fourth of them in America. A lot of them immigrated here, well I believe all of them did. The sad thing is though, that they had to hide the fact of being Jewish because since the Holocaust was happening. They had to deal with it, well they didn’t HAVE to but they choice to deal with it instead of complaining. But they didn’t have that problem in America, they were accepted the way they were, and that’s why most of them immigrated there. || The palce of worship in the Jewish religon is a Synagogue, it looks like a normal church form the outside and the inside looks also like a normal church with pews and a standing place for the rabbi to prech. They also have a secert cabnit in which the Torah is stored, and only the Rabbi can touch it. About 305,948,394 people pratice Judaism in the U.S alone. The typical ethicntay the practices Judaism is Caucasion, and American. Reform Jews do not always refer to the Synagogue aa synagogue but as "the Temple". In the jewish faith they do not refer to going to worship at the synagogue as going to mass, but as just goiing to the synagogue.
 * ** Section 1-Beliefs ** ||
 * In the Jewish faith they believe that Jesus is not the savior or Messiah and they are still waiting for God to send their savior. The relgion was founded by Abraham after God sent a angel down form heaven to tell Abraham that if he was true to God that he would sacerfice his only child, so Abrham did as the angel told him and took his only son, isaac, to a feild and sat him down on a bench and told Isacc he was going to kill him because God told him to. Isacc didn't hesatate and agreed to it if it was a deed for God. Just as Abraham was about to kill Isacc the angel came to Abraham once again and stop Abraham from the killing and told him that God believed that he was faithful to Him and gave Abraham his own religon. Reformed Jew are not as strict as Orthidex jews, and don't belevie in not working on Saturday, or Sabbath. They also do not live by the Torah. ||
 * ** Section 2-History of the Faith in America ** (Solomiya's) ||
 * [[image:http://cml.upenn.edu/sitefinder/images/opening_map.png width="214" height="249" align="left" caption="Philadelphia"]]Isaac Leeser from Philadelphia, was the one that has brought Judaism into our country, America. The believers of this
 * ** Section 3-How does the Faith Look in America ** (Maggie's) ||
 * ** Section 3-How does the Faith Look in America ** (Maggie's) ||



__Place of Worship__: Synagogue

As explained above this is the Jewish place of worship. ||
 * ** Section 4-Challenges Followers Face in America ** (Jacob's) ||
 * No, there is no intolerance of Judaism in the United States. Yes, Judaism very accepted in a majority of the United States. Marjory located in New York where the most Jewish people are located. There are places like New York and other large cities where people in the Jewish religion tend to gather. No, there aren't any laws discriminating against Jews, but sadly there are still people who don't respect the religion or it's followers. Yes, the Jewish people are able to express their faith in the United States without worry. They are able to now worship in synagogues and get together in communities because the discrimination of Judaism has dropped in the recent years. ||
 * [[image:http://www.higherpraise.com/clipart/miscellaneous/jew_star.gif width="96" height="102" align="left" caption="Star of David"]]
 * [[image:http://www.higherpraise.com/clipart/miscellaneous/jew_star.gif width="96" height="102" align="left" caption="Star of David"]]

__Symbol__: Star of David

Even though Reform-Judaism dose not follow the Torah strictly or practice the religion as devotedly as Orthodox Jews do, they still respect the symbols and main ideas of their faith. One of these symbols include the Star of David. ||