not often, but they did hide (or bury) many of them.
No, you cannot. Judaism is defined by the Torah. Other factors such as the existence of the Temple or the geographical location of the Jews, are important but secondary to the Torah and its commands.
Jews read the last chapter of Deuteronomy and the first chapter of Genesis. Afterward, people take turns singing and dancing while holding the Torah.
It depends on how the term is meant. "Torah Jews" can mean more than one thing. If the definition is: Those who live the laws of the Torah (which is the way the phrase "Torah Jews" is usually used), then it is understandably common to reserve that description for observant Jews. It is indeed customary today to call observant Jews "Torah Jews"; so the answer to the question is Yes. The word "Orthodox" is seen by many Torah Jews to be an exonym, i.e. a term applied to them by non-Orthodox, whereas they prefer the term "Torah Jews". If the definition is: Who is Jewish according to the Torah, then Torah Jews would include non-observant Jews, because they don't cease being Jewish. All Jews, regardless of levels of observance are "Torah Jews" since their Jewishness is derived from the Torah's mandates.
They are Jews who keep the Torah.
Orthodox Jews or Torah Jews.
To honor the Torah and glorify it.
Torah
The Torah.
Orthodox Jews abide by the commands of the Torah and the Oral Torah (Talmud).
No. However, there were Jews who persecuted other Jews, and there were battles of conquest waged by the Hasmonean kings against foreign nations.Two examples of Jews persecuting Jews are: King Yannai (Johanan Hyrcanus), and Herod, both of whom murdered a number of Torah-sages (Talmud, Kiddushin 66 and Bava Bathra 3).
No, Torah-observant Jews do not.
Yes, the Torah commands us to.See also:Jewish social laws