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
The old world traditions are still important even today in America because their mainstay, iron is still widely used today.
how do shinnecocks keep their traditions today
Most of the things today all started in Africa such as religions and traditions and even customs.
The story of Moses undoubtedly began as an oral tradition among the Hebrew people, probably some time before 1000 BCE. They were passed down from generation to generation by storytellers until, during the first millennium BCE, the most important early Hebrew traditions were collected together and written down, eventually becoming part of the books known today as the Pentateuch.
Yes but very little...traditions are dying out.
Today, Hebrew people are called Jews. A Jewish person can have any name. It doesn't have to be Hebrew.
They were the children of the Hebrew people. Today they are called "Jewish children"
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The literature from the Hebrew culture is the oldest and most influential in the west and globally. Hebrew scripture provided some of the sacred literature that many societies throughout the world continue to follow today.
As of April 18, the Hebrew month is Nissan.
Hebrew never ended. It is still around today.