What are important aspects of Judaism?

Answer 1

1) An identity and tradition. Jews have an unbroken tradition stretching back for 3800 years to our founder, Abraham.
2) A life. Some might consider the laws of Judaism as being too much, but for us they are a life, with happy festivals, structured family life, daily activities, and a sense of purpose.
3) Community; friends. Every Jewish community provides mutual help, daily and weekly classes in Torah-subjects, and community activities.
4) Eternity.
Consider this famous quote from Mark Twain:
"The Egyptians, the Babylonians and the Persians rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded and passed away; the Greeks and Romans followed and made a vast noise, and they were gone; other people have sprung up, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, survived them all. What is the secret of his immortality?"

Answer 2

• An identity and tradition.
  

Jews have an unbroken tradition stretching back for 3800 years to our founder, Abraham. We possess the exact same text of the Torah that God gave to Moses over 3300 years ago. We have the names, dates, and teachings of the leading sages in every generation since Abraham.

Link: Jewish history timeline

• A life.
  

Some might consider the laws of Judaism as being too much, but for us they are a life, with happy festivals, structured family life, daily activities, and a sense of purpose. Judaism is famous for its ambiance and its optimism.

Link: The Jewish holidays

• Community; friends.
  

Every Jewish community has individuals and groups who give free help in loans of money or useful items, visiting the sick, preparing the dead for burial, assisting young mothers, etc. This is done voluntarily and is not for profit.

Jewish communities have free daily and weekly classes in Torah-subjects, both in synagogues and in other public and home-venues. In these settings, laypersons can ask questions in topics such as halakha (Torah-laws) and Talmud.

Link: The Talmud.

• Eternity.
  

Rabbi Jacob Emden (1697-1776) once said that the survival of the Jewish people is the greatest of miracles. It can be explained only as a fulfillment of God's covenant.
Consider also this famous quote from Mark Twain:
"If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one quarter of one percent of the human race. The Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of.
The Egyptians, the Babylonians and the Persians rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greeks and Romans followed and made a vast noise, and they were gone; other people have sprung up and held their torch high for a time but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, survived them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no dulling of his alert mind. All things are mortal but the Jews; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"

Answer 3

The covenant with God

Serving God in all aspects of life

The state of what is effectively a kind of immortality

The wisdom of the Torah

The warm communal life

Purposefulness

Optimism and happiness.

Answer 4

The key aspects and benefits of Judaism is to live under the grace of their God. To have ethical and moral standards to follow.

Answer 5

The Hebrew Bible, the Torah and the Talmud

Answer 6

Judaism has sacred texts: The Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, composed of the books of the Torah, Neviim (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings), and the Talmud, a collection of discussions of the meaning of the Torah. Judaism has a body of law derived from the Torah and the legal discussions recorded in the Talmud. Judaism has luturgy, a daily cycle of prayers, a weekly cycle culminating on Shabbat, the Sabbath, and an annual cycle punctuated by the Chaggim (pilgrimage festivals) of Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost) and Succot (the Festifal of Booths) and culminating in the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). Judaism has life-cycle events, brit milah (circumcision) at age 8 days, bar and bat mitzvah (marking the transition from childhood to young adulthood), marriage and funeral traditions. Judaism has food traditions, not merely the rules of kosher eating, but linkages between foods and the various festivals. Judasim has musical traditions, centered on the traditional modes of chanting the Torah and prophets, but also liturgic chant, melodies for the psalms and piyyutim (hymns composed in the Middle Ages) and secular Folk Music founded on these musical traditions (for example Klezmer music).