Defining Judaism through stories -- Who and what is Israel? -- The community of Judaism and Passover -- The Israelite before God and the Days of Awe -- The individual Israelite and Israel in history: the huppah, the covenant of Abraham, eating lunch -- The purpose of the law, the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath -- God is one, merciful and just -- The formation of normative Judaism -- The articulation of normative Judaism -- Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative Judaisms, Zionism -- The Holocaust, how Judaism speaks today.