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Kabbalah
thumb|upright=1.2|Latin translation of Joseph Gikatilla|Gikatilla's Shaarei Ora
Star of David
Jewish national, cultural and religious symbol
Mizrahi Jews
descendants of the local Jewish populations of North Africa and the Middle East
goy
Goy (pl: goyim or goys) is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew, sometimes in a pejorative sense. The word, of Hebrew origin, was adopted into English from Yiddish. It carries a similar meaning in Modern Hebrew.
Jewish philosophy
all philosophy carried out by Jews, or in relation to the religion of Judaism
Israeli cuisine
culinary traditions of Israel
musical chairs
elimination genre party game
Torah ark
receptacle which contains a synagogue's Torah scrolls
gefilte fish
dish made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish
tzadik
thumb|Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dream (Genesis 41:15–41). Of the biblical figures in Judaism, Joseph is customarily called the Tzadik.
Jewish culture
culture of the Jewish people
self-hating Jew
pejorative term used for a Jewish person that holds antisemitic views
Shtisel
Shtisel () is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Ashkenazi orthodox family living in Geula, Jerusalem. Created and written by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, the series premiered on 29 June 2013 on yes Oh. It commenced distribution via the online streaming service Netflix in 2018. The first two seasons have 12 episodes per season, and the third season has 9 episodes.
Hebraism
Hebraism is a lexical item, usage or trait characteristic of the Hebrew language. By successive extension it is often applied to the Jewish people, their faith, national ideology or culture.
shiksa
thumb|250px|Josef Budko's woodcut depiction of the shiksa in Hayim Nahman Bialik's Behind the Fence
Jewish secularism
secularism in a Jewish context, defining Jewishness in secular terms
European Day of Jewish Culture
european Jewish Culture Celebration Event
Jewish family name
family name commonly used by Jewish people
Shidduch
The Shidduch (, pl. shidduchim , Aramaic shidduchin) is a system of matchmaking in which Jewish singles are introduced to one another in Orthodox Jewish communities for the purpose of marriage.
Jewish identity
perceiving oneself as a Jew
Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków
music festival
Alpha Epsilon Pi
college fraternity founded at New York University in 1913
rebbetzin
thumb|Rabbi Simon Glazer and his wife, Rebbetzin Ida Glazer (née Cantor), 1917 thumb|Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka)|Nosson Tzvi Finkel with his wife, Rebbetzin Gittel Finkel thumb|Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
Jewish mysticism
different forms of mysticism in Jewish history
Cultural Zionism
Zionist movement aiming to create a Jewish state with its own secular Jewish culture and history, including language and historical roots
Yiddishkeit
Yiddishkeit, also spelled Yiddishkayt (, i.e. "a Jewish way of life"), is a term that can refer broadly to Judaism or specifically to forms of Orthodox Judaism when used particularly by religious and Orthodox Ashkenazim. In a more general sense, it has come to mean the "Jewishness" or "Jewish essence" of Ashkenazi Jews in general and the traditional Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern and Central Europe in particular.
Tablet Magazine
American Jewish online magazine
Hasid
Ḥasīd (, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural "Hasidim") is a Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods. It denotes a person who is scrupulous in his observance of Jewish law, and often one who goes beyond the legal requirements of ritual and ethical Jewish observance in daily life. In the Mishnah, the term is used thirteen times, the majority of which being in the Tractate Pirkei Avot.
Leo-Baeck-Medal
Medal by Leo Baeck Institute of New York for special efforts in German-Jewish reconciliation
Jewish art
art of the Jewish people
Jewish mother stereotype
stereotype