ABSTRACT
This chapter provides core religious belief-sentences mainly coincide with a standard among traditional Jews. The core religious beliefs are as follows: the existence of God, the Jewish people as God's 'Chosen People', revelation, the purpose of Jews' existence is to become God-like, and universal redemption for all. The history of the Jewish people serves as a mirror of all of human existence. Human existence has a good share of loss and failure, of anguish and disappointment, of suffering and defeat. Traditional Judaism believes in a public revelation by God to the Israelite nation at Mount Sinai, following the exodus from Egypt. Religions other than Judaism are freely given responses to God and are authentic responses as long as they adhere to the moral requirements of a decent society. The exclusivism is open to the real possibility that the accumulated wisdom of other world religions can enhance and enrich the author own Jewish spiritual life.
