As welt as being historically the first of the world's great Monotheistic religions, Judaism is above all an ethical religion - it has been said that to find out about Judaism ask a Jew not what he believes but what he does. Jews believe their history has given them a relationship, or covenant, with God in which they have an obligation to live as God wishes them to - with care, consideration and charity for their fellows and their environment. The key to this way of life is in the Torah, which spells out a Jew's religious and ethical obligations. While an Orthodox Jew believes that this is literally God's word which he must strive to obey in every detail, a Progressive Jew would try to relate this ancient wisdom to today's realities, living a life which preserves timeless ethics in a modern world. All Jews appreciate the religion's history and traditions and study and scholarship are highly prized.

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