How does Judaism treat non-Jewish people?
Judaism – Torah, the religion of Sinai – teaches that Jew and non-Jew (Gentile, Noahide or Bnai Noach, the non-Israelite descendants of Noach, or Noah, humanity’s legendary common ancestor) stand under the same law in regard to every matter of morality, or morals. But Jew and Noahide also have different religious obligations, as well as privileges – as a Noahide, you have no right, for instance, to lead a Hebrew prayer service or ceremonial Torah-reading in a Jewish Shul, or house of worship, while, on certain occasions, it’s my honor and privilege to do so. Nevertheless, the Torah absolutely, unconditionally teaches that the righteous person of every nation, race and creed should expect to receive infinite, Heavenly, reward. (But you’d better take a moment or more to study just what it means to be a truly righteous person, since the answer might surprise you! As the great teacher, or rabbi, Hillel famously taught a teasing, facetious visitor, a Noahide – a fellow who asked Hillel to teach him the Torah while he, the Noahide, stood on one leg before him, “What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. The rest is commentary. Now, go and study.” (Talmud, Shabbat 31a). That is, there’s the Golden Rule (You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Leviticus 19:18,33 – for some reason, most people wrongly ascribe this great teaching to Xtianity, when it is and always has been black letter Torah from Sinai!), but there’s all this other knowledge that one needs too. There’s this “commentary,” as the rabbi puts it – and, if you seek to do well and please your Maker as you should, and be all that you can be, you must study it.
Best Wishes,
Michael Dallen, Author of The Rainbow Covenant; Torah and the Seven Universal Laws, exploring the Noahide Law, or the Universal moral law that is contained within the Way or Torah of Israel, which applies, at all times, to every person of every nation, race and creed.