Judaism

Judaism is an Earth religion. It is one of the oldest monotheistic religions on Earth, and the oldest to survive to contemporary times. It is also considered a culture by many of its followers; as with many faiths, there were and are degrees to which its adherents adopted its tenets. There were also many differences in interpretations of its sacred writings, which led to divisions within the faith.

Judaism has its roots in the Middle East and the patriarch Abraham was its founder, c. 700 B.C.E.

As was the case with Christianity and Islam, the other two Abrahamic faiths of Earth, Judaism and its followers underwent a spiritual and cultural crisis with the first contacts with extraterrestrial intelligent species such as the Vulcans and Centaurians in the mid-21st century. These contacts were, in many ways, no less a crisis than the events of 1 May 2053, during World War III, where nuclear weapons were detonated above, near, or even in Middle Eastern cities considered sacred by all three faiths.

Hebron was an extrasolar colony founded by Jews. 

Known adherents

 * Avram ben Eliezer, rabbi, Shadowstar Station, (, Star Trek: Shadowstar Station)
 * Ayelet ben Eliezer (Star Trek: Accord)
 * David Gold, commanding officer (retired), USS da Vinci (Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers novels and short stories)