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 * Before the project**

Before we started this project none of us knew a lot about the Jewish faith, beliefs, lifestyle or festivals. We knew a few of the more basic things like Jesus himself was a Jew and that both religions believed in the same god. None of us had ever talked to a Jewish person about there faith or have really even known a Jewish person.


 * Prejudgement**

As we had never known a Jewish person we did not have a good idea of the commitment to their faith or the general personality of a Jew. However in TV shows and films Jewish people were most commonly seen as very “tight” when it comes to money who, were rich and not very generous to others outside there Jewish community.


 * Things that we have learnt during the project**

During the project we have learnt that the Jewish faith is centred on community and the common faith and beliefs of that community for example we learnt in the section about the beliefs of Judaism that “Jewish life is very much the life of a community and there are many activities that Jews must do as a community. and also that:
 * The Jewish prayer book uses “We” and “Our” in prayers where some other faiths would use “I” and “Mine”.
 * Jews also feel part of a global community with a close link with Jewish people all over the world. A lot of Jewish religious life is based around the home and family activities.


 * How our prejudgements have changed since doing the project**

After doing this project our prejudgements have changed, once we researched the beliefs of the Jewish religion and the personalities of a typical Jewish person today we found that the view taken by most that shows Jews to be money grabbers is very stereotypical and dose not apply to all Jews, although it dose to some.

Mark M I think that having the religion and beliefs structured around a community is much better than individual prayer and reflection like in most other religions