Jewish | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-25

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:02:42 1 Name and etymology
00:05:37 2 Who is a Jew?
00:08:30 3 History
00:08:39 3.1 Origins
00:15:10 3.2 Babylon and Rome
00:18:29 4 Culture
00:18:38 4.1 Religion
00:20:25 4.2 Languages
00:24:14 4.3 Leadership
00:24:41 5 Demographics
00:24:50 5.1 Ethnic divisions
00:28:53 5.2 Genetic studies
00:33:12 5.3 Population centers
00:34:32 5.3.1 Israel
00:36:25 5.3.2 Diaspora (outside Israel)
00:41:08 5.4 Demographic changes
00:41:17 5.4.1 Assimilation
00:42:42 5.4.2 War and persecution
00:47:56 5.4.3 Migrations
00:51:53 5.4.4 Growth
00:53:24 6 Notable individuals
00:53:55 7 See also



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SUMMARY
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Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים‬ ISO 259-3 Yehudim, Israeli pronunciation [jehuˈdim]) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish people, while its observance varies from strict observance to complete nonobservance.
Jews originated as an ethnic and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel. The Merneptah Stele appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel somewhere in Canaan as far back as the 13th century BCE (Late Bronze Age). The Israelites, as an outgrowth of the Canaanite population, consolidated their hold with the emergence of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Some consider that these Canaanite sedentary Israelites melded with incoming nomadic groups known as 'Hebrews'. Though few sources mention the exilic periods in detail, the experience of diaspora life, from the Ancient Egyptian rule over the Levant, to Assyrian captivity and exile, to Babylonian captivity and exile, to Seleucid Imperial rule, to the Roman occupation and exile, and the historical relations between Jews and their homeland thereafter, became a major feature of Jewish history, identity and memory. Prior to World War II, the worldwide Jewish population reached a peak of 16.7 million, representing around 0.7% of the world population at that time. Approximately 6 million Jews were systematically murdered during the Holocaust. Since then the population has slowly risen again, and as of  2016 was estimated at 14.4 million by the Berman Jewish DataBank, less than 0.2% of the total world population.The modern State of Israel is the only country where Jews form a majority of the population. It defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state in the Basic Laws, Human Dignity and Liberty in particular, which is based on the Declaration of Independence. Israel's Law of Return grants the right of citizenship to Jews who have expressed their desire to settle in Israel.Despite their small percentage of the world's population, Jews have significantly influenced and contributed to human progress in many fields, both historically and in modern times, including philosophy, ethics, literature, politics, business, fine arts and architecture, music, theatre and cinema, medicine, and science and technology, as well as religion; Jews authored the Bible, founded Early Christianity and had a profound influence on Islam. Jews have also played a significant role in the development of Western Civilization.