Religion - Year 9 - Search for Meaning

The Australian Jewish News website has information about Jewish life in Australia, Jewish religious events, news and significant members of Australian Jewish society. The Australian Jewish News also host a podcast series.

• State Library of NSW - The Australian Jewish community and culture 
  The Jewish community in Australia has made a significant contribution to the development of Australian society and culture since the establishment of the colony in 1788. The State Library of NSW's collections contain a multitude of stories which focus on the community. 
   
• Virtual Jewish Library - Australia Virtual Jewish History Tour 
  Australia's Jewish population stands as the ninth largest Jewish community in the world. The majority of Jews in Australia reside in the major cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
   

• National Archives of Australia - The Jewish Experience in Australia 
  Jewish people have made strong contributions to the Australian community. They have participated in numerous professions, including business, the law, and politics and many fields of the arts (especially theatre, music and literature)​​​​​​​​​​​

• BBC  - Jewish faith and God
  Jews believe that there is a single God who not only created the universe, but with whom every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship. They believe that God continues to work in the world, affecting everything that people do...continue reading...
   
• Britannica School - Judaism
  Judaism is characterized 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....continue reading...
   
• United Religions Initiative - What do Jewish people believe?
  Jewish people believe in the Torah, which was the whole of the laws given to the Israelities at Sinai. They believe they must follow God's laws which govern daily life. Later legal books, written by rabbis, determine the law as it applies to life in each new place and time...continue reading...

References

AP/Wide World Photos. (n.d.). Jewish men, one wearing an Israeli flag, pray in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site [Photograph].                                                               https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/_/viewer.aspxpath=viRelBook&name=judaism.jpg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fencyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com%2FJudaism
The Australian Jewsish News. (n.d.). Podcasts. https://www.australianjewishnews.com/topic/podcasts/
BBC. (2009, September 14). Jewish beliefs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/beliefs/beliefs_1.shtml
BBC. (2022). My journey into Judaism. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057b7yl
National Archives of Australia. (n.d.). The Jewish experience in Australia: Fact sheet. https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-217-the-jewish-experience-in-australia.pdf
The State Library of New South Wales. (2022). Australian Jewish community and culture. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/australian-jewish-community-and-culture
United Religions Initiative. (2022). Judaism: Basic beliefs. https://www.uri.org/kids/world-religions/jewish-beliefs