There might be follow-up questions, like “so we don’t believe in heaven and hell?,” or “so what does it mean to be in the Olam HaBa?,” or “are my parents/my brother/my sister/my child aware of me here on Earth?,” or “will I be reunited in the World-To-Come with the people I love?” When I give them the same answer that I give to Christians, the conversation doesn’t necessarily end there. One of the questions I am asked most by Jews, too, is whether or not we believe in heaven and hell. Instead, the phrase “The World-To-Come” (“Ha Olam HaBa”) in Hebrew is the one that appears most frequently. I tell them that Jewish tradition believes in life after death, but does not really use the words “heaven” and “hell” these days to describe places of reward and punishment. One of the questions I am asked the most by Christians is whether or not Jews believe in heaven and hell. The Western Wall, Jerusalem/Steve Lubetkin Photo.
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