Judaism
From Turtledove
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[edit] Judaism in "Before the Beginning"
Judaism became the world religion after it learned that the Jews were indeed God's chosen people.
[edit] Judaism in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Most of the tenents of Judaism had lapsed by 2010, so as to keep the identity of the surviving Jews living in the Greater German Reich a secret. The Jews did remember the specific practices, and were able to teach these to their children.
[edit] Judaism in Ruled Britannia
Jews were blamed for the death of Jesus Christ by Christians, and the practice of the religion was discouraged or flat-out persecuted in both Catholic and Protestant countries.
[edit] Judaism in Thessalonica
Judaism was practiced in a small Jewish community in Thessalonica. Though the number of Jews in the city was significantly smaller than the number of Christians, Jewish prayers and magic were for some reason more resistant to Avar spells than Christian. Perhaps this was because the Avars were focusing their efforts against Christianity rather than attempt to battle two new religions at once. Perhaps Judaism was more pleasing to the God that both it and Christianity worshiped, and thus more firmly under His protection.
[edit] Judaism in Worldwar
Judaism could not be openly practiced in the Greater German Reich for fear that it would expose its practicioner as an ethnic Jew rather than because the Nazi Party found the faith itself objectionable. Among Jews who were persecuted by the Germans, devotion to the religion was encouraged, and after the Race took over Poland, the faith was practiced openly by a large and vibrant faith community.
