A Hasidic Jew and two soldiers at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel

Judaism, monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews. Judaism is characterised by a belief in one transcendent God who revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions. Judaism is the complex phenomenon of a total way of life for the Jewish people, comprising theology, law, and innumerable cultural traditions.