Having been invited to write these pieces as a religious Jew, you may be wondering why I have said so little about Jewish beliefs in my previous blogs.
Historically, Jews have been far less concerned with what one should believe than with what one should do.
- Jews are radical monotheists. God is one, indivisible and eternal.
- The One God is our God, we acknowledge no other. We are called upon, individually and collectively as Jews, to love and serve God. We do this through the traditions of our people, and it is in this sense that Israel is ‘chosen’.
- Judaism has both its particularistic and universal aspects. We assume the universal validity of faith in the One God and the ethical and moral system of Judaism. The particular way in which we serve God is unique to Jews. It is open to converts, although Judaism is not a proselytising religion. It recognises the validity of other faiths for other people.
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