Core Beliefs
What is the name for the divinely inspired law that binds the Jewish adherents to God?
The Torah
Why is cremation prohibited in Judaism?
Because of the belief in the resurrection of the Body when the Messiah comes.
What is the collective name for the Jewish sacred texts?
The TaNak
What is the term for ethical concept for charitable righteousness?
Tzedakah
What are the three types of interrelated rights?
Divine rights by G_d for G_d, Natural rights claimed for the human self, Torah rights claimed by Jews.
What is the difference between the interpretation of Tikkun olam through the eyes of a Orthodox Jew and a Liberal Jew?
Liberal Jews believe that Jews are not only responsible for creating a model society among themselves, but they are responsible for the welfare of society at large. While an Orthodox Jew believes that it is not the construction but the repairing of the world.
What does the term ‘nihum avelim’ mean in relation to Jewish death and mourning practices?
Comfort of the living.
Does a Jewish interpretation of the Torah support Article 18 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
No
Is the covenant between God and the Jewish people conditional?
Yes, it is conditional.
Name two occurrences in Jewish history influencing their interpretation of human rights.
The Holocaust/Shoah, Exile from Jerusalem, Ostracised in Western Countries
Name one most commonly known Jewish core belief.
Sanctity of human life - exodus 23:7
What is the Jewish term for the birth rite between God and a newborn male?
Circumcision
Name the sacred texts (3) which inform a Jewish adherent’s understanding Human Rights.
The Torah, Ne’vim and Ketuvim
Define the term ‘ethical monotheism’.
One God whom emanates one morality for all humanity.
In interpersonal situations, individuals have a two-fold right; name them.
Their claim on another individual and their claim on the organisation where they are living to advocate that right, enforce it, and punish violations of that right; i.e. all rights in Judaism are public matters
What is the term for ‘repairing the world’?
Tikkun Olam
What is the name of the prayer cited at the time of the adherents passing?
Mourner’s Kaddish
The Jewish moral law and human rights are based on what sacred teaching?
The Ten Commandments
The Jewish moral code is professed in three schools of thought, the first is the Torah, name the other two.
Talmud and the 613 mitzvots
According to Jewish Interpretation, when is a right considered a human right?
When it is exercised on an individual or on behalf of another.
Orthodox Judaism has the core belief of Tikkun olam, through what is it observed?
The Mitzvot
What is the significance of Bat/ Bar Mitzvah.
They are the introduction of the young adherent to the religious precepts and the observance of religious rituals.
There are three types of rights in Judaism that are interrelated. Name at least two.
G-d-human relations, community-individual relations, and inter-human relations
What are the three types of Jewish relationships which are based on the moral law presented in the Torah?
God and humankind, God and chosen people, and human beings with each other
Name two parts of the Torah which guide the ethical and moral rights of a Jewish adherent in relation to human rights.
Deuteronomy; Leviticus or Exodus