Arifin, Zainal2019-09-252019-09-252016-04-222011-03http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/237578This article discusses the origin of the historical roots of Jewish groups and explains the discourse about Jews that could be classified as religion or merely ethnic. In the beginning, some people think that they are religious communities (Jews as a religion), but others don’t. In fact, most of them prefer to call themselves Jews (ethnic) not Judaism. Jewish religion can be categorized as the ethical religion and not a mystical religion. It is caused the Jewish religion always uphold the ethics. These ethical principles are formulated in the ten commandments (al-Wasâyâ al-Ashr). in addition, this paper also discusses the displacement of the Jewish people from one place to another.indWith permission of the license/copyright holderAbrahamIslamJewsOriginationReligious ethicsComparative religious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsMethods of ethicsGeneral and historicalComparative religion and interreligious dialoguePhilosophy of religionJournal volume