For those who do not come from a Christian background – and thus are likely to have little if any familiarity with the Old Testament – Judaism and the Jewish people must seem very odd indeed. Only Jews have a word designating prejudice against them: anti-Semitism. Though we speak of bigotry against others (blacks, Latinos, Irish, etc.), there’s no equivalent term in our public lexicon. Jews comprise only about 2.4 percent of the United States population but are renowned for their successes in every major profession – medicine, academia, law, media, entertainment. Undoubtedly, Judaism, the Jewish people, and even the...