Compare and Contrast Judaism versus Christianity

This is a big topic, and opinions vary. Do a web search on "Compare Contrast Judaism Christianity" and you'll not only get more than enough results you'll also find answers that don't all agree. So, I'll do the best I can...

First, Christianity is a religion, period. Judaism, on the other hand, gets confused between the religion, Judaism, and being a Jew which is an ethnicity or member of a people or nation. There are secular (non-religious) Jews, practicing Jews (reform, conservative, orthodox, reconstructionist, and more), non-practicing Jews, and even Messianic Jews that believe in the divinity of Jesus. It would make no sense to say "secular Christian," that's an oxymoron. There are, however, folks who describe themselves as, or can be viewed as, non-practicing Christians.

OK, let's get at it...

Judaism	Christianity
Began in late Bronze Age (about 1500 B.C.)	Very early A.D.
The one God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (though there are OT references to a "spirit")	Three-in-One God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit); still, the same God of the Israelites
Monotheism, creation, law, redemption, sin and faith.	Monotheism, creation, law, redemption, sin and faith.
Judeo-Christian values (all the other stuff is theology and doctrine)	Judeo-Christian values (all the other stuff is theology and doctrine)
"Saved" through faith and trust in God	Saved through Jesus Christ, personally
Tanakh (Old Testament, first 5 books are the Torah)	Old and New Testaments
Sabbath (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset). Celebrate Creation and rest.	Sunday, the Lord's Day. To worship.
Major rites are observance of the sabbath, circumcision of newborn Jewish males, wearing the tallit and tefilin, attending prayer services, and the bar/bat mitzvah for 13-year old boys/girls who must read the Torah in front of the congregation in order to officially enter adulthood.	Central rites include prayer, Bible study on Sundays and several sacraments including baptism, communion/confirmation, Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, marriage and holy orders
14 million people (around the world)	2.2 billion people (around the world)
Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Chanukah, Tu BiShvat, Passover, Lag BaOmer, Shavout.	Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Lent, saints' feast days. Some not in all denominations.
Jesus was a fellow Jew, a respected, learned scholar. Not mentioned in the Jewish texts.	Jesus is the Son of God, second person of the Trinity, God the Son.
Lineage from Adam and Eve.	Lineage from Adam and Eve.
Kosher (variously observed)	No dietary admonitions
Tenets: Ten Commandments plus the other laws of the Torah. Lev. 19:17 "Love your neighbor as yourself."	Tenets: Ten Commandments plus Jesus' teachings. Greatest Commandment "love one's neighbour."
Judaism is the chosen faith, however, others are good too, provided that they follow Noahide Laws.	Christianity is the True Faith.
Hebrew	Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, or Latin
Knows the Truth and the Life	Knows the Truth and the Life and the Way
Synagogue ("meeting house"). Rabbis.	Church (a building, the people). Priests/Pastors.
Venerate only God	Venerate triune God, some also Saints, Virgin Mary, etc.
Jerusalem: the Temple, seat of Judaism	Jerusalem: where Jesus lived and preached
Jews are a people/ethnicity (DNA), though one can convert into Judaism.	No common DNA/ethnicity, purely religious connections
Relatively little proselytising	Encourages evangelism
People are not good or bad at birth, but are responsible for their own actions and subject to consequences and rewards	Original Sin as condition at outset (birth)
Afterlife exists where one is "gathered to your ancestors". Sharply focused on living a good life here on earth. This is where justice is applied by God.	Resurrection of both body and soul through Jesus.
Hate suffering	Suffering is Christ-like
Holy Spirit: God is one essence, but he interacts with us, provides divine inspiration, via the/His spirit (spirit=wind, by which we sense the air around us).	Holy Spirit: One of the divine three-in-one. Much more on this beginning 10/31/2021 with a sermon series on the Holy Spirit. Our notes for our first group gathering on the Holy Spirit (11/4/21) are here.