how many people practice buddhism in israel?
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Probably very few.  I cannot be more specific.\n\nPopulation is 6.3 million.\n\n%of people that follow another religion (includes Bhuddism) 3.2%\n\nSo you can make some calculations from these figures, but it is still a guess.
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these people online might not give you accurate information. You may want to search "Buddhism" online.
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Shalom Adam,\n\nThere are a number of ways which I can think of which you can interact with Judaism even in remote areas. \n\nThere is a program called Partners in Torah which would set you up with a study partner free of charge over the phone, to study with you any Jewish topic of your choise for an hour a week. Their website is www.partnersintorah.org \n\nThere are live video classes given online on various Jewish topics, which you can partcipate in. I guess the timezone will have to work out for you. If you would like to know more about it, just e-mail me.\n\nYou can also check out Chabad in Japan at www.chabadjapan.com for any Jewish servoces and programs they offer there.\n\nYour'e never alone :)
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Its called the "Sanhedrin project".  They need two things to get started, ordination and seventy of the best Rabbi's.  They only claim to have the first, and they are working on the second. See their website, it talks all about this.  The've got a few high caliber Rabbis but the rest are place holders.
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Have you spent much time looking into Buddhism? Since it is a Way or Path, and not a religion, it does not (according to many Buddhists) conflict with religious beliefs you may have. It's more about a way of living in order to achieve a goal (enlightenment). It stresses things like compassion and denial of the flesh (as opposed  to the spirit or true self), which I believe it has in common with Christianity, Judaism, and probably Islam (which I know little about).  It teaches many of the same core values from a perspective many of us brought up in western cultures are not familiar with.  Try reading The Art of Happiness by the Dali Lama or Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das. \n\nMany Christians and Jews will argue that the differences between their faiths and Buddhism are crucial and irreconcilable. I'm not attempting to argue with that, and I'm sure they have excellent points, I'm just working off your statement that you are coming from a liberal ideology.\n\np.s., the notion, mentioned by another poster, that only one is correct is by no means universally held. In fact, it's largely due to the big three Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam).
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I suggest you go to www.asktherabbi.org\nThey have a team of wonderful Rabbis.
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3 page article, hope this might help:\nhttp://www.wie.org/j14/tworkov.asp?page=1\n\n\nand this (scroll down to 'america'):\nhttp://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/to-west.htm
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According to the latest  census available up to 2000, out of the total World population of 6,043,284 thousands, the Muslim population is 1,213,373 thousands which comes to 20.08% of the total population. Christians are 2,052,145 thousands which is 33.96% of the total. Jews are 14,424 thousands which is 0.24% of the total.\n\nMuslim population is growing at the fastest rate  due to high birth rate among them  in Afro-Asian region and polygamy as allowed in the Quran. The Jews' growth rate is in negative. At the present rate their number may be reduced to less than a million in the whole world over next 5 decades. The growth rate among the Christians is steady since 1950. They are getting lots of poor people converted through Missionaries in China and India who are called Crypto Christians whose number is not reflected in the figures given above.  \n\nHope, this meets your requirements. For anything more, please contact me over Internet. Thanks.
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Jewish people or Russians who doesn't even have an ounce of Jewish blood?\n\nIf you were a God who created the entire Earth would you remain stuck in Israel or would you visit Thailand and FL?
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As a whole, there is none.\nChristianity does not recognize Buddhism as anything but a cult of meditators who try to achieve nothing.\nBuddhism, with the "many fold path," accepts all religions, so obviously they have no problem with Christians...or anyone else for that matter.\n\nChristians are sorry that Buddhists will go to Hell, but that is about it.
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Buddhism\nIn india..gaya?
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Many do,  a very famous black man named Sammy Davis Jr. some time ago converted to Judaism and died a proud Jew.  Many non Jews have converted to Judaism.  \n\nMe I'm Moody Twofeathers, Spiritualist
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I'm a SHE. Can't you tell from my photo or my profile?\n\nBecause, my family is Buddhist. Buddhism is an atheistic philosophy. Therefore, I do not have any beliefs in God.\n\nThere are about 30 million atheists in America, 41 million in Europe ... why shine the spotlight on me?
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I am not a Jew but I spent a year in Israel and worshipped with Messianic Jews and have friends among them. I've been to Messianic Jewish churches in England too. I know how they think.\n\nMost of the answers above are inaccurate.\n\nIn Israel there are many Christians like you who want to respect and adopt the Jewish tradition. I warn you strongly against it.\n\nRead Galatians and Acts 15. The early Church had to square up to the issue of whether or not gentiles should obey the Torah, and came down firmly against it. It leads to re-enslavement, this time to the Law, which Christ died to set us free from. We do His will by the help of the Holy Spirit, not by attempting to keep the Law, which we will fail at anyway.\n\nThe Christians I've met, mostly in Israel, who start to dabble with Judaism begin by worshipping on Shabbat (Sabbath), keeping the Jewish festivals and using Hebrew terminology. Many become more and more influenced until they believe we have to obey all 613 commandments in Leviticus. There are even extreme cases who ditch Jesus altogether. I knew a New Zealander in Jerusalem who had been baptised in the Spirit and spoken in tongues for 15 years or so. He became convinced that Judaism was correct and that Jesus was a deceiver and, in fact, (God forgive me for repeating this) that He was Satan.\n\nBEWARE!
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The Druze community in Israel is officially recognized as a separate religious entity with its own courts (with jurisdiction in matters of personal status - marriage, divorce, maintenance and adoption) and spiritual leadership. Their culture is Arab and their language Arabic but they opted against mainstream Arab nationalism in 1948 and have since served (first as volunteers, later within the draft system) in the Israel Defense Forces and the Border Police.\n\nWorldwide there are probably about one million Druze living mainly in Syria and Lebanon, with 104,000 in Israel, including about 18,000 in the Golan (which came under Israeli rule in 1967) and several thousands who emigrated to Europe and North and South America.\n\nThe Druze community in Israel has a special standing among the country's minority groups, and members of the community have attained high-level positions in the political, public and military spheres.\n\nHistorical Background\nThe Druze religion has its roots in Ismailism, a religio-philosophical movement which founded the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt in the tenth century. During the reign of al-Hakim (996 - 1021) the Druze creed came into being, blending Islamic monotheism with Greek philosophy and Hindu influences. Active proselytizing of the new creed was brief; since about 1050 the community has been closed to outsiders.\n\nThe first Druze settled in what is now southern Lebanon and northern Israel. By the time of the Ottoman conquest of Syria (1516), Druze also lived in the hill country near Aleppo, and Sultan Selim I recognized Fakhr al-Din as Emir of the Druze, with local authority. Civil strife between the Lebanese Druze and the Maronite Christians ended in 1860 with the autonomous administration of Mt. Lebanon, which was imposed by the great powers. The Druze never regained ascendancy in the region and the center of the community passed to Mt. Hauran in Syria, which became known as Jebel-el-Druze (Mountain of the Druze) - the name formerly synonymous with Mt. Lebanon.\n\nUntil the end of Ottoman rule (1918), the Druze were governed by emirs, as a semi-autonomous community. In 1921 the French tried to set up a Druze state under the French Mandate, but the attempt failed.\n\nThe Druze in Galilee and on Mount Carmel have always kept in contact with the other branches of the community, especially with those of Mt. Hermon and Lebanon. During the British Mandate over Palestine they refrained from taking part in the Arab-Jewish conflict, and during Israel's War of Independence (1948) became active participants on Israel's side.\n\nBeliefs and Traditions\nThe Druze consider their faith to be a new interpretation of the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. For them, the traditional story of the Creation is a parable, which describes Adam not as the first human being, but as the first person to believe in one god. Since then, the idea of monotheism has been disseminated by "emissaries" or prophets, guided by "mentors" who embody the spirit of monotheism. The mentors and prophets come from all three religions, and include Jethro and Moses, John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth, and Salman the Persian and Mohammed - all reincarnations of the same monotheistic idea. In addition, the Druze hold other influential people - regardless of their religion - in great esteem, as the advocates of justice and belief in one god. These include the Egyptian Akhenaton, the Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and Alexander the Great. \n\nAlthough the Druze recognize all three monotheistic religions, they believe that rituals and ceremonies have caused Jews, Christians, and Muslims to turn aside from "pure faith". They argue that individuals who believe that God will forgive them if they fast and pray, will commit transgressions in the expectation of being forgiven - and then repeat their sins. The Druze thus eliminated all elements of ritual and cer
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The Jewish people have been quite successful in surviving many centuries of hatred, prejudice and the Holocaust. And maintain an unproportionately high role in society. There are only about 13 million Jews worldwide, about 1% of the total population.\n\nAs a good guideline to a healthy and prosperous lifestyle, I feel the Jewish culture is one worth passing on down to ones children.
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i'm from israel! its the best place to be!!sure i can help u. flootzy@yahoo.com