what is a jewish myth?
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Golems\n\nThere are others
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I am not exactlyy sure whant you mean by "types" of propaganda, but I'll give you soem information.\n\nTwo significant pieces of anti-Jewish propaganda that have been popular for centuries are the Blood-myth, and the Protocols.\n\nThe Blood-myth claims that young Christian children are kidnapped and killled prior to Passover(coming soon) and that they are drained of their blood.  The children's blood is mixed with flour to make the Passover matzoh (unleavened bread) that Jews consume during Passover.\n\nThis myth is interesting because blood is very significnat in Judaism.  Jews are strictly forbidden to consume blood.  An animal used for food is treated in order to drain all the blood from the animal befroe it is consuumed.\n\nThis story would usually cause great harm to the Jewish community around the time of Passover, especially if a young Christian child went missing.  The entire Christian community would often go on a killing spree, killing evey Jew they came in contact with.\n\n\nThe Protocols of the Learnerd Elders of Zion was made famous by Henry Ford, the man who started the Ford motor company.  Ford was a virrulkent Antisemite, becuase he had business with the Dodge brothers, and he cheated them.  When they complained about being cheated, he got so angry he started to hate all Jews.\n\nThe Protocols were a Russian forgery claiming that a small group of wealthy Jews would get together to plan the takeover of the world.   This document is very popular in Muslim countries today.  Although the Protocols have been proven a forgery stupid people still beleive there is some truth to them.  Many people dislike the Jews, because of everything they have accomplished, so when you see a document claiming that the Jews are in secret control, it fits with what some uneducated epople believe.  That is one reason why it is so popular today in Arab countries.
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a myth is a great maybe. a legend is a great truth. not bad. i made that up myself. feel free to use people.
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http://www.mythweb.com/
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Traditional Judaism unquestionably believes in the World to Come, that is to say the afterlife with G-d.  There are numerous references to the idea throughout Jewish texts.  There is much less support for the concept of Hell, rather the punishment is to lose one's place in the World to Come.  \nJews and non-Jews can earn a place in the World to Come, Jews through the mitzvah system, while non-Jews are expected to observe the seven laws of Noah which were given to everyone. Not to worship idols, not to blaspheme G-d, not to kill, steal or commit incest or other serious sexual immorality, not to eat the flesh of a living animal, and to establish courts of law.\nSome of today's liberal Jewish thinkers have abandoned this belief, but not everyone.  It remains solidly part of Jewish thought.
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JEWISH - OF OR RELATING TO JEWS, / OF JUDAISM\nJUDAISM - THE RELIGION OF THE JEWS, /  THE JEWS COLLECTIVELY. \nTHE ABOVE DEFINITIONS ARE FROM THE ILLUSTRATED OXFORD DICTIONARY.\n\nWhen Moses was on the Mount to get the law there is no mention of Judaism. In fact there is no translation that metions this religion, not even once. Therefore it was created by man not by the most high. Which should tell you that any form of Judaism is a transgression against Gods Law. One of the books of Judaism is the Talmud or Oral law again there is no metion of this. They say Jesus taught a oral law, untrue. He may have said the law oral, but not a oral law mention. The Talmud was created sometime in the 2nd - 5th century C.E. (common Era)by rabbi's.
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mythological figure created by people to avoid facing facts
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Chanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. \n\nChanukkah is probably one of the best known Jewish holidays, not because of any great religious significance, but because of its proximity to Christmas. Many non-Jews (and even many assimilated Jews!) think of this holiday as the Jewish Christmas, adopting many of the Christmas customs, such as elaborate gift-giving and decoration. It is bitterly ironic that this holiday, which has its roots in a revolution against assimilation and the suppression of Jewish religion, has become the most assimilated, secular holiday on our calendar. \n\nThe Story \nThe story of Chanukkah begins in the reign of Alexander the Great. Alexander conquered Syria, Egypt and Palestine, but allowed the lands under his control to continue observing their own religions and retain a certain degree of autonomy. Under this relatively benevolent rule, many Jews assimilated much of Hellenistic culture, adopting the language, the customs and the dress of the Greeks, in much the same way that Jews in America today blend into the secular American society. \n\nMore than a century later, a successor of Alexander, Antiochus IV was in control of the region. He began to oppress the Jews severely, placing a Hellenistic priest in the Temple, massacring Jews, prohibiting the practice of the Jewish religion, and desecrating the Temple by requiring the sacrifice of pigs (a non-kosher animal) on the altar. Two groups opposed Antiochus: a basically nationalistic group led by Mattathias the Hasmonean and his son Judah Maccabee, and a religious traditionalist group known as the Chasidim, the forerunners of the Pharisees (no direct connection to the modern movement known as Chasidism). They joined forces in a revolt against both the assimilation of the Hellenistic Jews and oppression by the Selucid Greek government. The revolution succeeded and the Temple was rededicated. \n\nAccording to tradition as recorded in the Talmud, at the time of the rededication, there was very little oil left that had not been defiled by the Greeks. Oil was needed for the menorah (candelabrum) in the Temple, which was supposed to burn throughout the night every night. There was only enough oil to burn for one day, yet miraculously, it burned for eight days, the time needed to prepare a fresh supply of oil for the menorah. An eight day festival was declared to commemorate this miracle. Note that the holiday commemorates the miracle of the oil, not the military victory: Jews do not glorify war. \n\n\n\n\n\nDEFINITION OF KWANZAA Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with focus on the traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce, and self-improvement. Kwanzaa is neither political nor religious and despite some misconceptions, is not a substitute for Christmas. It is simply a time of reaffirming African-American people, their ancestors and culture. Kwanzaa, which means "first fruits of the harvest" in the African language Kiswahili, has gained tremendous acceptance. Since its founding in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa has come to be observed by more than18 million people worldwide, as reported by the New York Times. When establishing Kwanzaa in 1966, Dr. Karenga included an additional "a" to the end of the spelling to reflect the difference between the African American celebration (kwanzaa) and the Motherland spelling (kwanza). \nKwanzaa is based on the Nguzo Saba (seven guiding principles), one for each day of the observance, and is celebrated from December 26th to January 1st. \n\nUmoja (oo-MO-jah) Unity stresses the importance of togetherness for the family and the community, which is reflected in the African saying, "I am We," or "I am because We are." \nKujichagulia (koo-gee-cha-goo-LEE-yah) Self-Determination requires that we define our common in
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Here are some websites which may be helpful to you:\n\nhttp://www.pinenet.com/rooster/hasid1.html\nhttp://www.convert.org/\nhttp://www.aish.com/\nhttp://www.jewsforjudaism.org/\nhttp://www.jewfaq.org/\nhttp://www.beingjewish.com/\nhttp://www.torah.org/
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lieberal?\n\nLiberal.\n\nAnd ALL Jewish people aren't anything.  Jewish people are individuals.  If you want to know about all of them, ask ALL of them and don't ask us for broad generalizations.
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What is a true Jew, the descendant of Hebrew slaves who escaped Egypt 3500 years ago, that is a myth. or is it the descendant of Hebrews cast away from the land of Israel 2500 years ago, that's is doubtful.\nMost Jews descend from the Jewish population of Israel, that were evicted by the Romans 2000 years ago, and moved to many locations in Asia and Europe, like Persia and Babylon, Spain, south Germany, Yemen, and many other places.\nabove that they all are followers of the Jewish faith.
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Judaism, from a historical perspective (which is important in understanding it's philosophy) even though it's considered "Western", has it's origins in the Middle East, of course.  It is the spiritual ancestor of both Christianity *and* Islam.\n\nIt is a religion of the people of Israel and includes faithful devotion to one God (the God of their tribes) and believes that Divine teaching was revealed by this one God to the fathers and mothers of the people of Israel through Moses and the Prophets and Sages.\n\nThe goal of the Covenant between the Jews and their tribal God is relatively simple as it's base:\n\nA good life for all, through obedience to God's teachings (Torah) and Commandments (Mitzvot); harmony on earth (individual and societal) culminating in peace and well-being for all humanity, through all peoples' acceptance of their God as the primary/universal/only God.  This acceptance does NOT mean conversion, however - it means that non-Jews must simply abide by the moral laws (separate from the covenant between God and the Jews) that God requires of them.\n\nJudaism is classified as a religion of deed, of acts, rather than faith. God needs the faithful (Jews) just as much as people need God.  It is through the right actions of the faithful that the order of the universe is maintained and chaos is held at bay.\n\nIt is a "Way" by which humans are capable of understanding and responding to the teachings of their God.\n\nAs Judaism developed, the concept of God as their tribal God changed into a "universal" God, who was responsible for a universal Creation , with a universal Revelation to Moses and the people at Mount Sinai, leading to the Redemption of Israel and all humanity.\n\nThere is a vast body of teaching and lore that has grown up over centuries, much of which takes the form of interpretation of the oldest biblical texts; the Halacha or "Way", and the Aggada, a collection of stories, homilies, parables, and poetry.  The Talmud is a rabbinic text (meaning "Teaching"), and is second only to the Bible in importance.\n\nThe mystic teachings of Judaism, collectively, is the Kabbalah (the received tradition) which teach of the emanation of the Godhead into the world, the experience of communion with God in transcendence of the self, and the maintenance of the balance and order of the cosmos through human action in Covenant with God.\n\nIn this way,  Jews are panentheists - that is to say, for them, as in  many other religious traditions, God is both in everything and beyond containment in anything.\n\n********\nNote: I'm not Jewish, just a student of religions.  I'm more than willing to be corrected on anything here that I've misunderstood.
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just a slight correction Judaism dose not believe in in a little Devil with red horns or a fallen angel. For us evil is the internal desire with in us to basically be lazy and not strive to be close to G-d by doing his commandments. Satan is basically the angle of death and like all other angles is a servant of G-d and has no free will on his own.
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Christianity is paganism and has no relation with the original Hebrew religion.\n\nConstantine attempted to invent a universal religion by incorporating Hebrew myths into his pagan religion, but it appears Hebrews would have nothing to do with it.
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mythologies are not meant to taken literally.
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The Greek Creation Myth
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The original word for God that was used in the Hebrew text for Genesis actually means something like "a God" or "Gods" or something along those lines, I forget which.  Anyway, the point I'm trying to say, is that the very early Jews were still slightly paganistic, and they basically were like "the pagans gods exist, but OUR God is greater than any of them"  The ten commandments is another example of this.  God doesn't outright say "those pagan's gods don't exist" he says "don't worship them, I'm YOUR God, the others are for the pagans"