Judaism: The First Monetheistic Religion

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ABSTRACT
Judaism is the first monetheistic religion and affected its believer’s social, political, and economical lives. Jewish people was on exile during ages. Thusly they has to integrated to in the society they live. For this reason, they won too much social skill.
Political life of jews started with first zionist congress (1897) in Basel after christ. Joined people to congress maked some decision about establishing Israel and implemented these decisions.
Economical life have very broad topic. However, there are some limit in the economical life because of being focus accounting. Jews are very successelful in trade and earning money.
I will explain these elements broadly about Judaism in the below.
INTRODUCTION
Judaism is a religious custom
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The first city of Jews is Babylon, which means turmoil. In the Torah, Babylon is mentioned; "Initially all the people in the world speak the same language, the same words were used. When they came to the east, they found a plain in the Shinar region and settled there. They said to each other, 'Come, make bricks and cook thoroughly.' They used bricks instead of stone, pitch instead of mortar. Then they said, 'We shall rule ourselves a city.' Let's build a tower that will reach the heavens, let's make fame. So we do not break up on the earth. The god went down to see the city and the tower that the people had done. He said they would do what they thought they would, and they would not identify any obstacles, according to the fact that they are doing this by speaking one language and speaking the same language. Come, let's go downstairs and mix their tongues so they do not understand each other. So the god scattered them over the earth, stopping the construction of the …show more content…
and I. centuries, jews earned their independence in the Canaan region. However, when it came to the age of 70 A.C, the Roman Empire exiled jews from this region. So the jews had to settle in different countries. However the love of the Zion in them never went out. They have always wanted to return to the promised land and are struggling for it. Zionism has emerged as a result of the increasing anti-Semitism in the nineteenth century Europe and as a result of nationalism. However, the process leading to the establishment of Israel has begun. In the second half of the nineteenth century, European powers called no for the existence of a Jewish state in Europe, starting with the 1st Zionist Congress in 1897, and with the slogan of "Transfer a country without a nation, a country that is not a citizen" with a slogan to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, they supported the first step. As a matter of fact, on 14 May 1948 the foundation declaration of the State of Israel was published under the Theodor Herzl portraits.
The widest meaning of Zionism is Arz-i Mev'ud. In other words, all the Jews outside Palestine are to gather in Palestine and rebuild the Solomonian Temple on the Mount Zion. The meaning of the word Zion is the meaning of Jerusalem since the early ages. The first sacred temples were demolished by the Babylonians in 587 BC, and the Jews exiled to Babylon had a special meaning to Zion. Zion is the desire of the Jewish people who are exiled to Babylon